(AP) – With the total solar eclipse right around the
cosmic corner, eye doctors are going into nagging overdrive.They say mom was right: You can damage your eyes staring at the sun, even the
slimmest sliver of it.
cosmic corner, eye doctors are going into nagging overdrive.They say mom was right: You can damage your eyes staring at the sun, even the
slimmest sliver of it.
So it’s time to rustle up special eclipse eyewear to use Aug. 21, when the
U.S. has its first full solar eclipse spanning coast to coast in 99 years.
The only time it’s safe to view the eclipse without protection is during the
two minutes or so when the sun is completely covered by the moon. That will
occur only along a narrow strip stretching from Oregon, through the Midwestern
plains, down to South Carolina. The rest of the U.S. gets a partial eclipse that
extends into Canada and part of South America.
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