![]() Everywhere else in the country (Michigan included) will see only a partial eclipse. The total solar eclipse only will occur on a 70-mile-wide path stretching from Oregon to South Carolina. Many, though, won’t be able to catch an unprotected glimpse. “The moment it becomes a partial eclipse again, you have to put them on again,” Rao says. Only during totality or total eclipse - which lasts less than three minutes - can the special glasses with solar filters be removed. Once the filters are on, you can look back at the partial eclipse. When it’s evident the partial eclipse has started, look away from the sun and put on the solar filters. When to wear these solar filters depends on the phase of the eclipse, Rao says.Ī moment called totality is the period when the sun’s face is covered entirely by the moon and the sky is the darkest: the so-called “total eclipse.” Before and after the total eclipse, the moon blocks only part of the sun’s phase, a period called “partial eclipse.” SEE ALSO: Watch Out for These 5 Summer Eye Dangers Discard any approved solar filters that have scratched surfaces and get a new pair. Viewers, Rao says, should only purchase ones with an “ISO 12312-2” designation that indicate the product has met international safety standards (the American Astronomical Society has a list of approved brands). 21 - marks the first time in nearly a century that the eclipse will stretch across the continental United States.įortunately, you can watch an eclipse through specially designed glasses with solar filters. Such events, after all, occur once every 18 months, but this eclipse - to take place Aug. “As doctors and ophthalmologists, we want to make sure everyone is taking proper precautions,” Rao says. ![]() ![]() That’s because staring at the sun, no matter how small the sliver or length of time, can cause temporary (and sometimes permanent) vision damage. ![]() “It’s unsafe to look at the sun with your naked eye - or with conventional sunglasses, a smartphone, binoculars or a telescope,” says Rajesh Rao, M.D., a retina surgeon and an assistant professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences at the University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center. MORE FROM MICHIGAN: Sign up for our weekly newsletter The answer: not without the right protection. An otherwise bright summer sky will give way to total darkness. Later this month, a total solar eclipse will offer a rare - although brief - sight to millions when the sun disappears fully behind the moon. ![]()
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