In the last 24 hours Google has seen a surge in people searching ‘Why do my eyes hurt’ and this could be directly linked to yesterday’s eclipse.

Millions of persons, in Mexico and USA and Canada were able to witness the rare event, where the moon blocked the sun’s rays for a few minutes.

Ahead of the spectacle though, a lot of warnings were issued from experts, one of which was not to not stare directly at the sun during the eclipse.

The Journal of the American Medical Association said even a few seconds of viewing the sun during an eclipse can temporarily or permanently burn the macula of the eye.

Well, despite that advice, it appears that a lot of folks simply didn’t listen, evidently from the Google Search trend.

One safe way to view the solar eclipse is through glasses which have been specially designed to view the sun.