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! 

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

Fox 10 Tells The Gulf Coast What Their Total Solar Eclipse Experience Will Be Like

"First, let's break down exactly what a solar eclipse is. It's essentially when the Moon gets between the Earth and the Sun and it casts a shadow back onto the Earth. A full shadow is called an umbra. A partial shadow is called a penumbra; which is what what we'll experience on August 21st in the middle of the afternoon.... down on the Gulf Coast, we'll get about an 80% to 90% coverage of the Sun on that day...." READ THE REST HERE

Eclipse Totality NASA Live stream!

If you can't make it to the path of totality, NASA will live stream it for the four hours surrounding totality!

Either way, don't forget to get your Eclipse T-shirt on!

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!

Get your eclipse gear on! Click here for Stylin Tshirts, mugs, and more!

2017 Eclipse - Totality

We are excited about the eclipse coming to America in 2017. Did you know this is the first time a full solar eclipse has happened nationwide in America since the 1700's? This is not just your average eclipse guys! Stay tuned for more tidbits about why this one is so cool!