When to safely take solar eclipse glasses off.
Aug 18, 2017 12:01:26 #
Aug 18, 2017 17:30:59 #
Nice app: Solar Eclipse Timer. Audibly announces phases of the eclipse at your location.
Aug 19, 2017 07:10:05 #
ggttc wrote:
Safety first!
Glasses and solar filters.
Glasses and solar filters.
Very good point! Most of the country will not get totality, so the glasses must remain on.
"Safety First!" What car company used that as their slogan?
Aug 19, 2017 10:37:14 #
nupshaw
Loc: Strasburg, VA
I read yesterday that when you can't see the sun anymore with glasse on, that's when to take them off. I would worry more about when to put them back on!
Aug 19, 2017 11:36:32 #
I disagree with the "glasses off" part. The bright rim at totality seems dim overall obscures the fact that the intensity per unit area of receptor, your retina, is not diminished. So apparent overall dimness is false security.
Aug 19, 2017 12:35:31 #
Aug 19, 2017 22:42:40 #
carl hervol
Loc: jacksonville florida
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Aug 20, 2017 02:16:01 #
wdross
Loc: Castle Rock, Colorado
ggttc wrote:
Safety first!
Glasses and solar filters.
Glasses and solar filters.
To get ready for Bailey's beads and Diamond Ring, one should have their glasses off but no staring at the sun; you have to wait until there is just a thin sliver of a sliver. The sun can still burn your eyes as long as any part of it is visable - even that barely visable sliver of a sun. This limits one to only quick glances, no staring. One wants to start shooting just before the sun disappears behind the moon and continue until the sun reappears on the other side. It will appear to be a lot brighter than when the sun went behind the moon. This is because your eyes have already begun to adjust to the dark "night".
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