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An optical coherence tomography image of a woman\u2019s left-eye retina shows a crescent-shaped scar. (Wu et al.. \/ JAMA Ophthalmology)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A medical case reported today in the journal JAMA Ophthalmology proved the wisdom of all those warnings not to stare at the partly covered sun during August\u2019s solar eclipse.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, it\u2019s too late for the woman at the center of the case: Now she has a permanent scar in her left eye\u2019s retina, and a permanent black spot in her field of vision.<\/p>\n

The unnamed woman, who\u2019s in her 20s, reported in at New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai hours after the Aug. 21 eclipse, complaining of blurred vision and color distortion, mainly in her dominant left eye.<\/p>\n

Physicians said she had \u201cviewed the solar rim several times for approximately 6 seconds without protective glasses, and then again for approximately 15 to 20 seconds with a pair of eclipse glasses (unknown manufacturer).\u201d<\/p>\n

During the peak of the eclipse, about 70 percent of the sun\u2019s area was obscured by the moon, leaving a bright crescent still visible. When doctors examined the woman, they found a crescent-shaped scar burned into her retina.<\/p>\n