Beckham Jr. appeared to look directly at eclipse

Like so many people around the country on Monday, Odell Beckham Jr. wanted to see the solar eclipse. He just appeared to do the one thing you're not supposed to do during a solar eclipse:

Look at it without protective glasses.

Beckham posted this video to Instagram on Monday, and well, it will make Giants fans feel very uneasy.

The star wide receiver appeared to be looking out his hotel window and straight at the sun for a solid 14 seconds. The sun is bright - even during a total solar eclipse - and looking at the sun for even seconds could lead to permanent eye damage.

This warning comes via an optometrist to Paste BN:

Just seconds of exposure to a partial eclipse can "burn a blind spot right to your most precious central vision," he said in the post.

Such damage doesn't reveal itself for a day or two, Schecter told Paste BN, causing blurriness he said can take months or years to fully heal, if it does at all.

Yikes.

Of course, we don't know for sure that Beckham was looking at the sun. It appeared that he was, but it could have just been a joke. Yet, being a professional wide receiver, sight is relatively important.

Let's hope Beckham doesn't feel any effects from watching a solar eclipse without protective lenses.