Protect your eyes and plan ahead for a safe way to view the Solar Eclipse on April 8.
The last time the contiguous United States saw a total solar eclipse was in 2017. The next one won’t be until 2044.
The total solar eclipse crosses North America, passing over Mexico, the United States, and Canada.
The total solar eclipse begins over the South Pacific Ocean.
Weather permitting, the first location in continental North America to experience totality is Mexico’s Pacific coast at around 11:07 a.m. PDT.
The path of the eclipse continues from Mexico, entering the United States in Texas, and traveling through Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine.
Parts of Tennessee and Michigan also will experience the total solar eclipse.
The eclipse will enter Canada in Southern Ontario, and continue through Quebec, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Cape Breton.The eclipse will exit continental North America on the Atlantic coast of Newfoundland, Canada, at 5:16 p.m. NDT.
Check the NASA website to find out exactly where you are on the path, and exactly what time to view the Eclipse.
How to Protect Your Eyes:
Do not look directly at the sun during the eclipse.
Sunglasses, polarized or otherwise, are not a safe replacement for solar eclipse glasses.
Viewing any part of the sun through a camera lens, binoculars or a telescope without a special-purpose solar filter secured over the front of the optics will instantly cause severe eye injury.
If your eyes are exposed to the sun without the appropriate protection, it can cause “eclipse blindness,” which can temporarily or permanently damage your eyes.
Some of the best ways to view a solar eclipse include through a pinhole projector where you look at a projected image through a pinhole in cardboard paper, or by using International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 12312-2 certified eclipse glasses from a trusted source.
I saved mine from 2017. Did you?
ecoXplorer Evelyn Kanter is a journalist with 25+ years of experience as a newspaper and magazine writer, radio & TV news producer & reporter, and author of guidebooks and smartphone apps – all focusing on travel, automotive, the environment and your rights as a consumer.
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