sungazing

English

Etymology

sun +‎ gazing

Noun

sungazing (uncountable)

1. The act or practice of observing the sun in the sky.

   Synonym: sunwatching

   • 1979, Ruth Beebe Hill, Hanta yo, page 123:

     Young Petala, told nothing about the sungazing ceremony, had watched the affair more interested than alarmed.

   • 2000, Frederick T. Fraunfelder, Frederick Hampton Roy, Joan Randall, Current ocular therapy, Volume 5, page 554:

     Rarely, solar retinopathy has been described in sunbathers with no history of direct sungazing.