Good morning on this comfy Tuesday.

We talk at length about protecting our skin during the summer months.

But eye safety? Not so much.

Yes, your eyes can get sunburned, too.

“Being in the city, even if you’re just walking around — even if there’s a cloud cover — you still need protection for the eyes,” said Dr. Ashley Brissette, an ophthalmologist at Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian. Ultraviolet exposure from the sun “can affect the eyeballs themselves,” she said.

The most common issue caused by the sun is cataracts, a cloudiness of the lens inside the eye, which can result in vision loss as we get older. It’s normal for the eye to age or change over time, but “increased UV exposure can cause that to come on sooner,” Dr. Brissette said. “It can also cause growths to occur on the surface of the eyeball, and inside the eyeball itself.”

Stay out in the sun too long, and you’ll burn — an instant indicator of damage — but walk around without sunglasses on, and you might not notice any immediate consequences.