Protect Your Eyes During the Solar Eclipse This April With These Glasses
A major solar eclipse will grace the skies on Apr. 8, 2024. Protect your eyes with these safety glasses.
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On Apr. 8, 2024, a solar eclipse will pass through parts of Mexico, Canada, and North America. This eclipse, the kind where the moon passes between the sun and the earth (a lunar eclipse is where the earth casts its shadow over the moon), will be visible in certain cities at different times, which you can find on NASA’s website.
If you’ll be able to view this year’s solar eclipse, you’re lucky—many cities in Central Texas are bracing themselves for a huge boost in tourists looking to watch. Here’s the catch: no one should be looking at the eclipse without proper eyewear.
Seriously, don’t look at an eclipse unless you’re properly bespectacled with solar eclipse glasses—and, no, regular sunglasses won’t cut it. Looking at it and then looking away again quickly is also right out. Sure, you could make one of those pinhole projector solar eclipse box contraptions, but you’re probably not going to take the time to do that unless you’re a fifth-grade science teacher.
Instead, just grab a pair of these solar eclipse glasses (each is approved for the 2024 eclipse) that will let you enjoy this celestial majesty in safety.
Lunt Solar Systems 10 Pack Premium
Ten pairs of solar eclipse glasses rated to meet international safety standards for $18? Hard to beat that, right? With these glasses, the whole family can turn their eyes to the skies.
Medical King Eclipse Solar Viewing Glasses
There are two things to love about the 24 pairs of solar eclipse glasses you get in this batch from Medical King: first, the price. Second, your order will contain glasses in many different styles, so it’s easier for people (aka kids) to keep track of whose glasses are whose.
SEIC Plastic Frame Solar Eclipse Glasses
If you don’t want a pair of cardboard solar eclipse glasses likely to be damaged or simply tossed out after this April’s eclipse, these durable plastic framed solar eclipse glasses from SEIC are the specs for you.
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