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Wear Solar Specs or Make a Viewer to Safely Watch Eclipse

In this Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2017 photo, Colton Hammer tries out his new eclipse glasses he just bought from the Clark Planetarium in Salt Lake City in preparation for
the Aug. 21 eclipse. Eye doctors urge strict adult supervision for eclipse watchers under 16 years old.
(Scott G Winterton/The Deseret News via AP)
By MARCIA DUNN There should be absolutely Totality means 100 percent partial eclipse — you need grab a kitchen colander
AP Aerospace Writer no peeking without eclipse of the sun is covered. That to keep those solar specs — that casts images of the
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) glasses or other certified will occur only along a nar- on the whole time. eclipsed sun onto a screen
— Solar glasses are a must filters except during the row strip stretching from Or- There are other options if at least 3 feet away.
for safe viewing of Mon- two minutes or so when egon, through the Midwest- you don’t have eclipse What can happen when
day’s total solar eclipse, the moon completely blots ern plains, down to South glasses. You can look indi- you look directly at the sun?
the first to span coast to U.S. out the sun, called totality. Carolina. The rest of the U.S. rectly with a pinhole pro- You’re essentially cooking
coast in 99 years. That’s the only time it’s safe gets a partial eclipse that jector that you can make your retina, the delicate,
And parents beware: Eye to view the eclipse without extends into Canada and yourself. NASA has a num- light-sensitive tissue deep
doctors urge strict adult su- protection. When totality is to the top of South America ber of designs on its web- inside the eyeball.
pervision for eclipse watch- ending, then it’s time to put and the Caribbean. site, including one made
ers under 16 years old. them back on. Wherever there’s only a with a cereal box . Or Continued on Page 5