Solar Eclipse Safety - Make Sure Your Eclipse Glasses Are Real

Don't forget your ISO Certified Eclipse Glasses! You can buy them online or even at local hardware stores. MAKE SURE they are legit.

If you put them on, everything should look PITCH BLACK. Then if you turn and look DIRECTLY at the sun or a bright, uncoated light bulb you should see a comfortable amount of light. The genuine certified glasses also block dangerous UV and IR radiation too. Here is a breakdown if you want to look into it more.






Here is a list of Reputable Vendors of Solar Filters & Viewers


Even if you won't get a shirt on time to wear it to the eclipse, you can still get one to show your enthusiasm and that you attended! 

The Perseid Meteor Shower Will Be the Brightest Meteor Shower In History - Once in A Lifetime! - August 11-13th

The Perseid Meteor shower happens every year, but it will be brighter this year than usual. In fact, it won't be this bright again for 100 years, meaning you won't get a chance to see it like this again - unless you are 1-3 years old, then maybe, just maybe ;).

This year it falls between August 11th (tonight folks!) and August 13th, wih the best veiwing being on the 12th. You don't need your august solar eclipse goggles for this one, but if you're interested in our night sky, you might want to plan to step outside and watch the Perseid Meteor Shower in the next three days.

Best Seen from the Northern Hemisphere.

Did You Know You Will See Mercury and Venus During The Total Solar Eclipse?

Did you know during the total solar eclipse you will see Mercury and Venus shining near the sun? You usually can't see Mercury, because it's too close to the sun. But during totality, you will see two bright spots shining beside the sun. The sky will go dark in the middle of the day and you will have a rare glimpse of the day stars!

Also, if you look at the ground near a tree with leaves as the moon starts to cover the sun, you will see hundreds of little cresents covering the ground, mimicing where the moon is covering the sun. This is because the gaps between the leaves are acting as a pinhole camera, projecting the image of the sun on the ground.

If you are in a large area where the land around you is flat, you will see the moon's shadow rushing across the ground towards you!

Don't look at the eclipse unless it is COMPLETELY covered - totality - AS SOON as the moon begins to pass over the sun again, put your eclipse glasses on or look away. Please don't damage your eyes! If you want to see the stages of the eclipse and you don't have ISO certified glasses, find a tree and look at the leaves shadows, it's a good way to see all the stages. ;)

10 Unique Places to Watch the August Total Solar Eclipe of 2017

Here are 10 unique locations to view the august 2017 total solar eclipse and even the time and duration you will see totality there! One of my favorites is the Great Smokey Mountain National Park in North Carolina. If I could make it there, I think that would be my location of choice. Total duration there will be 1 minute 22 seconds. Don't blink! :) And you may want to consider just watching it instead of photographing it.

Total August Solar Eclipse - What You Will See From Where You Live

Vox made a super cool animated map of what you will see of the August Solar Eclipse from where you live all over the USA! CHECK IT OUT!

Don't forget to get your eclipse tshirt on! :)

And some Eclipse Viewing Glasses that are ISO Certified.

A Lifelong Eclipse Chaser Promises: ‘You will never be the same’

JournalStar interviews Mike Kentrianakis about his eclipse journey. You guys, this eclipse shouldn't be missed! 

"NEW YORK — He approaches the first stranger with an expectant smile and an urgent query: “Do you know about the solar eclipse?”

The man shakes his head, and Mike Kentrianakis is launched. He’s here at the Hayden Planetarium as an emissary of the American Astronomical Society, and his mission is to spread the word: On Aug. 21, the moon will pass between the sun and Earth, casting a shadow across a swath of the United States. The spectacle will be like nothing most people have ever seen...." READ THE REST OF THE ARTICLE

NASA Tells us How To Watch The Eclipse Safely - Totality here we come!

NASA urges us to watch the eclipse safely. "...anyone within a roughly 70-mile-wide path from Oregon to South Carolina will experience a brief total eclipse, when the moon completely blocks the sun’s bright face for up to 2 minutes 40 seconds, turning day into night and making visible the otherwise hidden solar corona — the sun’s outer atmosphere — one of nature’s most awesome sights. Bright stars and planets will become visible as well...The only safe way to look directly at the uneclipsed or partially eclipsed sun is through special-purpose solar filters, such as “eclipse glasses” (example shown at left) or hand-held solar viewers..."

 Read the rest here! https://eclipse2017.nasa.gov/safety

 You can easily get elcipse glasses on amazon.

 And don't forget to GET YOUR GEAR ON for the eclipse!

Happy eclipsing!

Great American Eclipse: Are you going to see Totality?

Don't miss totality. Watch a video about it here!

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