View the solar eclipse with care (and special glasses)

June 3, 2017 at 5:22AM
People follow the solar eclipse, viewed through special glasses from the planetarium in Copenhagen Friday March 20, 2014. (AP/Photo: Jens Dresling/POLFOTO) DENMARK OUT
People viewed a solar eclipse through special glasses in Copenhagen in 2014. (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

View with care (and special glasses)

• Don't look directly at the eclipse without proper eyewear. Use special eclipse glasses, which are outfitted with a solar filter, and be sure that they meet International Organization for Standardization specifications.

• Cover your eyes with your eclipse glasses before looking up at the sun, and look back down at the ground before taking them off.

• If your eyewear is scratched or damaged at all, discard it.

AMELIA RAYNO

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