August 1, 201712:03 PM ET Heard on All Things Considered NELL GREENFIELDBOYCE Proper eye protection is a must for anyone looking up at a solar eclipse. Eclipse glasses are far darker than regular sunglasses. Joseph Okpako/Getty Images When Ralph Chou was about 12 years old, he took all the right precautions to watch his first solar eclipse. “I […]
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The Sun can be viewed safely with the naked eye only during the few brief seconds or minutes of a total solar eclipse. Partial eclipses, annular eclipses, and the partial phases of total eclipses are never safe to watch without taking special precautions. Even when 99% of the Sun’s surface is obscured during the partial […]
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