#eclipse psa

[tobbogan-13]

A reminder to not look at the sun directly during the eclipse! (Only exception is if your in the path of totality, and even then, only for about 5 minutes)

Lots of places are giving out certified eclipse glasses, or you can make a pinhole projector (i did that during the 2017 eclipse and it was pretty cool!)

Ordinary sunglasses ARE NOT suitable for an eclipse

and whatever you do, do not look at it through a telescope

please protect your eyes!!!!!!!

[avarkriss]

listen. listen to me so carefully right now. (if you're in the eclipse path/planning on viewing). please don't stare directly at the sun tomorrow. i am begging you - do not stare at it. if you got eclipse glasses off of amazon/other, please put them on in your house and make sure you can't see anything; if you can still see like regular sun glasses, they are not safe for eclipse viewing, you will burn your retinas, and we cannot fix that. eclipse glasses should be iso/ce certified, and aas (american astronomical society) approved. please make smart choices and protect your eyes. please.

[yell0wsalt]

Solar eclipse is tomorrow.

Reminder to check in on your local and favorite fire benders

[theshadowedqueen82]

Solar Eclipse PSA

Who is excited for the solar eclipse? I'm very much looking forward to it, but also wanted to make a quick PSA!

DO NOT LOOK AT THE ECLIPSE. Looking at the sun can cause SEVERE damage to your eyes in seconds! Your retina has no pain receptors so you will not feel this damage, but it can cause blindness and all kinds of vision problems! Please stay safe!

How does one safely observe the solar eclipse? You can get eclipse glasses: they might be sold out at the moment, and you're going to want to look for ones with an ISO rated solar filter. Anything else is too weak! Even with these eclipse glasses you still shouldn't look at the sun for too long, since your eyes will still need breaks.

The much safer method is looking at the sun indirectly! A pinhole camera can be quickly made from household items like a cereal box or a shoebox. Google how to make one, there's a million tutorials. You could even punch a hole in a piece of paper and hold it over the sidewalk. The important thing is you're looking at the image of the sun shining through the hole, and NOT at the actual sun itself!

The WORST thing you can do tomorrow is pull out your phone and try and take a picture of this eclipse. Phone cameras, video cameras, and pretty much every modern lens is designed to capture light, so it will just end up amplifying the harmful radiation from the sun. It's not safe even if you're wearing eclipse glasses: cameras need their own filters to safely look at the sun! Either film your pinhole camera's projection, OR just google videos of the eclipse. Institutions like NASA have telescopes built for looking at the sun and will be able to get some nice pictures without you being in any danger at all.

Stay safe, and I hope you all enjoy the eclipse!

[alex51324]

It's Almost Here! North American Solar Eclipse, 2024

As I mentioned in that other post, it will be visible as at least a partial eclipse to most of North America, with the path of totality cutting a diagonal from Sinaloa, Mexico to Newfoundland, Canada, including 15 US states from Texas to Maine.

Don't be fooled by how we just had one back in October, and another one a few years ago in 2017: total solar eclipses are rare! They only happen when the Sun, Moon, and Earth line up just perfectly--and only for a small portion of the Earth's surface each time.

It's a wild coincidence that North America/the US has gotten three in such a short span of time; the last one before the recent trio was in 1979, and the next one won't be until 2044. (We do have a big partial coming to us in 2033!) The Northeastern US won't see another until the 2070's.

(Note: If you are not in North America, you can use these maps to see when your continent will have its turn!)

This eclipse is also really special in that its path of totality sweeps across a lot of heavily-populated areas. About 31 million people live within the path of totality, and millions more are expected to visit.

So, it's a pretty big deal, and now's the time to get ready!

If you live in the path of totality:

Lucky you! Look up your location on these maps to get the exact time and duration of totality.

Be ready for extra traffic & crowds--especially if you live somewhere with stuff for tourists, or a place that people outside the immediate area will have heard of.

Totality times are in the afternoon, ranging from about 1:30 in Texas to 3:30 in Maine (local times), so if you'll be at school, or at work in a setting where you can't choose your own break times, now's a good time to talk to whomever you need to. It's not unreasonable to ask to step out into the parking lot for the three minutes that people will be coming from far and wide to see--but depending on your setting, it may take some arranging ahead of time. (If you're in school, hopefully your science teachers have already thought of this, but if not, ask them. And if your science teachers are jerks, try other teachers.

If you live near the path of totality:

Try to go! As the American author Annie Dillard says, "Seeing a partial eclipse bears the same relation to seeing a total eclipse as kissing a man does to marrying him, or as flying in an airplane does to falling out of an airplane."

(Link is to the Atlantic; if you hit a paywall, the 12-foot ladder works.)

Here's a map of approximate driving distances to the path of totality, in the US (from this page).

If you're close enough to think about going, here are some Google maps with eclipse overlays for more detailed planning. (I like the Xavier Jubier one.)

Once you're inside the path of totality, anywhere you can see the sun is a valid viewing location, but if you're making a day of it and you want to find a special spot, check local visitor's bureaus or tourism offices for the area you'll be in. They'll probably have a list of parks and other places. For instance, here's what Erie, Pennsylvania has.

Seriously, If you are able to drive/have a car, live within day-trip distance of the path of totality, and can be away from work/school without losing your job/being arrested for truancy, you should go. This is a once-in-a-lifetime type of thing, and there's still loads of time to plan a day-trip.

(Note: If you aren't in day-trip distance, but now you want to go, you don't have a lot of options: hotels and flights have been full for ages. However, if you're in two-days-driving distance, you might be able to find a Sunday-night base camp, from which you can get up on Monday morning and drive several more hours to the path of totality. For instance, in Pennsylvania, there are still reasonably-priced hotel rooms to be had in State College, which is--in normal traffic--three and a half hours from Erie. (You might even be able to get a little closer than that; I just checked State College because they have a lot of hotels for the Penn State football crowds.} So if you're coming from, say, Maryland or Virginia, that could work, and there may be similar creative options for other regions. Again, if this is something that's feasible for you to do, without bankrupting yourself, getting fired, or other long-term consequences, I would strongly consider doing it!

If you live in North America, but have no way to get to the totality:

A partial eclipse is still pretty cool! And again, it'll be a while before you have another chance to see one, so it's worth it to make the time.

All of the 48 contiguous US states will be able to see some amount of eclipse. So will Hawaii, Mexico, Central America, and most of Canada and the Caribbean islands, plus a little bit of South America. (Alaska and part of the Yukon are SOL, but you will have your turn in 2033!)

Use these maps to look up the time and extent of the eclipse in your location.

As of this writing, you can still get eclipse glasses here, among other places. If you run out of time to get them, check for eclipse-viewing events at local parks, libraries, etc.--they may also have some to give away ahead of time, but even if not, if you go to an event, there will almost certainly be some to share.

The plus of a partial eclipse is that you have a fairly relaxed viewing window--as much as a couple of hours, depending how far you are from the middle of the eclipse zone--rather than a standout moment that you want to make sure you're in position for.

That makes it pretty easy to get a chance to see it even if you're at work--everybody can take turns stepping outside for a look. You can share eclipse glasses, too.

[icedmetaltea]

Do you think hot sauce would go good with glass? Maybe some ranch?

[a-voice-for-the-victims]

Upon request the document has been cross posted to X/Twitter.

[beepborpdoodledorp]

TIME TO GO GET OUR RETINAS BURNED OUT LET’S GO AMERICANS WOOOOO

[ralfmaximus]

Links inside the article to donate your eclipse glasses!

[starnovali]

⚠️PSA⚠️ THROW OUT YOUR ECLIPSE GLASSES

Charlie is here to remind everyone, THROW OUT YOUR SOLAR ECLIPSE GLASSES. Do NOT save them. I used expired ones and now have a small blind spot in my eye from sun damage during the eclipse. To make it better, it's shaped like the eclipse phase when I looked up. It should heal eventually, but it's really bothersome. THROW OUT THE ECLIPSE GLASSES. THEY HAVE AN EXPIRATION DATE.

[bobwess]

If you're planning on viewing the eclipse (from anywhere) you should order your eclipse glasses now. Last eclipse it was near impossible to get your hands on some when it got close to time. Do not Donald-Trump the eclipse. Sunglasses also do not protect your eyes well enough no matter how dark they are. You need to use proper solar glasses or use a pinhole camera. And for the love of the anything, do NOT look through a camera lens, binoculars, or telescope at it if it does not have a strong solar filter (not just your solar glasses). You've seen setting an ant on fire with a magnifying glass? Don't BBQ your eyeballs. Burns can occur within seconds.

[laelior]

PSA: You already know (or should know) not to look directly at an eclipse without protective lenses. Any lenses or viewers should meet ISO 12312-2 standards. With an annular eclipse coming up in October 2023, and a total eclipse in April 2024, there are going to be counterfeit eclipse glasses showing up on Amazon, eBay, etc. that will say they're ISO certified but there's no realistic way to verify the claim.

The American Astronomical Society has put together a list of reputable manufacturers of eclipse glasses that meet the ISO standards. Check there before buying.

Don't get blinded by the light!

[whilomm]

REMEMBER: be wary of fake eclipse glasses, especially as the legit ones sell out. this article has tips for how to test your glasses, plus other ways to view the eclipse safely without glasses, like with pinhole projections

the eclipse is april 8th, 2024. if you wanna view it, find some glasses now.

for eclipse times and durations, check this site

[audiodee]

ECLIPSE PSA

DO NOT : - Look directly at the sun without Eclipse glasses or a solar viewer - Do not use your phone or camera in concert with your Eclipse glasses you need a special filter on them to prevent you from lazering your eyes apart -buy any plants today -Trust the leader of your friend group, he WILL betray you and the cute lil band of mercs.

DO: -Go outside and feel how eerie it is during totality -Attack the Fire Nation as firebending will be at its weakest -Ask the black hole sun to wash away the rain -Sacrifice someone at the top of a Mexican Pyramid, it is the only way to bring the sun back.

[mythvoiced]

-. FORTUNATELY i'm alive, work's been keeping me busy & tired but i shall see to it that i RETURN~ i opened this text post and realized i've completely forgotten how to be on tumblr, how--

unfortunately for all of us, my brain has been trying to concoct a New Guy, and unfortunately he's gay and annoying? and unfortunately he has such a nasty personality as defense mechanism and unfortunately he can't even be loved into healing because if you're mean to him he's 'hehe i was RIGHT then' and if you're nice to him he's 'don't you fucking try to scam me i'm not stupid' so he's hopeless and my little princess~

[crows-bottle-cap]

honestly if i was going to die tomorrow i would absolutely look at the sun today