This is a solar eclipse in caught in Queensland, Australia
According to experts viewing the sun with a naked eye during a eclipse can damage your retina damaging the images your brain can view. Its not possible to go completely blind while looking at eclipse because the injury is limited to the central part of your visual field.
Total Solar Eclipse 2017 - On Monday, August 21, 2017, all of North America will witness the solar eclipse which according to NASA calculations, only about 25 years in the past 5,000 years have had 5 solar eclipses has happened