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Are these safe to view? I thought these would be black. Another link talks about "getting eye protection"?
by hellbanner 9y ago
Are these safe to view? I thought these would be black. Another link talks about "getting eye protection"?
- Symbiote 9y agoEye protection is essential. There was a total eclipse in Britain when I was a child [1], and everyone bought special protective glasses to wear. Mine were like the paper red-green "3d" glasses you used to get, but with a black film that was close to opaque. They worked fine. [1] http://xjubier.free.fr/en/site_pages/solar_eclipses/TSE_1999_GoogleMapFull.html http://xjubier.free.fr/en/site_pages/solar_eclipses/TSE_1999... ("Britain" is exaggerating, but we were in Cornwall on holiday.)
- geerlingguy 9y agoBefore and after the totality, same rules apply as always—if you don't have solar filter glasses (and lens filters on any cameras), don't look at the sun. But once the totality starts in your location, you can pop off the filters/shades and look with the naked eye. Just be sure to put them back on once totality is just about over!