How to avoid eye damage watching solar eclipse

Posted by Don Higgins, Volunteer Mentor @dsh33782, Apr 6 6:56pm

You can damage your eyes watching the solar eclipse. Here is a good article about it from NIH:
https://www.nei.nih.gov/about/news-and-events/news/how-watch-eclipse-safely
I'd like to hear from others about how to protect eyes. I plan to just watch the event on TV.

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mikaylar | @mikaylar | Apr 7 8:32am

Thank you, Don. Yes, we will get a good view on TV and it will be safe. How do we know we can trust those glasses?

Don Higgins, Volunteer Mentor | @dsh33782 | Apr 7 2:16pm

In reply to @mikaylar "Thank you, Don. Yes, we will get a good view on TV and it will be..." + (show)

@mikaylar
Good question. I would worry about how reliable the glasses are to block UV and other rays. There are multiple TV stations covering the eclipse so I'm sure there will be some good clear shots of the eclipse.
Don

Rosemary, Volunteer Mentor | @rosemarya | Apr 7 4:41pm

Don, I plan to view it on tv. It is supposed to be cloudy all day where I live. I am outside of the total eclipse zone.
I do appreciate reading the NIH code for the real eclipse glasses. There was a warning on news last evening about fake ones being distributed unintentionally at local university campus libraries. Hopefully the warning message reached all of the students.

Sue, Volunteer Mentor | @sueinmn | Apr 8 5:06pm

We were in South Texas, and even with cloud cover managed 3-4 quick views of the 90% state.
Here's what I captured with my cell phone. I can't wait to see my kids' pics from Lawrenceville, IL where it was a total eclipse and sunny.