Snow goggles
| Description: |
Inuit peoples used snow goggles to eliminate harmful ultraviolet sunlight reflecting on the snow, as well as increase visibility. Without these goggles, high altitudes and the reflective sunlight would cause snow blindness, a painful state resulting from sunburn” on the eye cornea. |
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| Source: |
http://www.digitalindy.org/cdm/ref/collection/tcm/id/1493 |
| Collection: |
The Children's Museum of Indianapolis |
| Rights: | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/; |
| Copyright: |
Creative Commons (CC By-SA 3.0); |
| Subjects: |
Eskimos Inuit Eskimos -- Alaska Indians of North America Snowblindness -- Prevention Eyes -- Protection Blindness |
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