😳😳 NEVER LOOK AT THE PARTIAL PHASES OF OR TOTAL ECLIPSE WITHOUT PROPER EYE PROTECTION! 😳😳
I went to Fernbank Science Center this week and learned some interesting facts about the coming eclipse. Yes, I could have learned the same information by Googling it but that wouldn’t have been nearly as much fun and interactive as sitting in a planetarium with friends and youngsters having a live Georgia Tech astronomy student narrate the whole thing.
Here are some of the things I learned, in addition to…
😳😳 NEVER LOOK AT THE PARTIAL PHASES OF OR TOTAL ECLIPSE WITHOUT PROPER EYE PROTECTION! 😳😳 ….. did I say this already??🤔
• On August 21 a total solar eclipse event will happen in North America stretching from the west coast in Salem, Oregon ending in South Carolina.
• The last time an eclipse crossed from west to east was 99 years ago! …and get this… the last time a total eclipse was seen only in the United States was in 1776!!!
• The last one in the USA was 38 years ago.
• Ten (10) states will be in the path of totality … meaning folks in the 65 mile wide path of totality will get to see the eclipse in its fullness.
• The whole event only lasts a couple of minutes or so … or less. Millions of people are within an hours drive from having a great view of it.
… for other interesting facts, Google is your friend. 👍🏽 (lots of info is on the Internet)
One last thing…. Seriously, did I say this already?
😳😳 NEVER LOOK AT THE PARTIAL PHASES OF OR TOTAL ECLIPSE WITHOUT PROPER EYE PROTECTION! 😳😳 ….. did I say this already??🤔
… in other words…
If you look at this eclipse without proper eye protection (glasses made specifically for viewing an eclipse), then this eclipse could be the very last thing you will ever see clearly in your natural life… a.k.a blindness.
P.S. I will probably watch it on television. 😏
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