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IS IT EVER SAFE TO STARE AT THE SUN NO THAT'S RIGHT SO EVEN DURING THE ECLIPSE DID DID THE
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SUN GET ANY DIMMER NOT REALLY THE PARTS THAT THAT ARE NOT COVERED BY THE MOON THOSE ARE STILL JUST AS BRIGHT RIGHT SO JUST LIKE ANY OTHER DAY I CANNOT OBSERVE THE SUN DIRECTLY EXCEPT FOR WITH SOLAR GLASSES AND THOSE SOLAR GLASSES WILL PROTECT YOUR EYES UM YOU CAN ONLY TAKE THEM OFF DURING TOTALITY THE SOLAR GLASS GLASSES ARE SO CHEAP JUST GET YOU A PAIR OF SOLAR GLASSES THEY'RE DESIGNED FOR THIS TASK THEY'RE EXACTLY RIGHT YOU KNOW YOU'RE PROTECTED THAT'S WHAT I WOULD YOU UM I'LL BE WEARING A PAIR ALL RIGHT DON'T WEAR SUNGLASSES ALL RIGHT SO WHAT IS THE JOB OF SUNGLASSES THE JOB OF SUNGLASSES IS WHEN YOU'RE WALKING AROUND NOT STARING AT THE SUN UH IS TO BRING THE BRIGHTNESS DOWN SO YOUR EYES ARE MORE COMFORTABLE RIGHT IT IS NOT THEY ARE NOT DESIGNED TO PROTECT YOUR EYES LOOKING AT THE SUN YOU MAY THINK BECAUSE THE NAME IS SUNGLASSES THAT THAT IS THEIR JOB BUT THAT'S NOT THEIR JOB IF YOU CAN USE A PAIR OF SOLAR GLASSES OR YOU CAN THEY HAVE THESE LITTLE ECLIPSE VIEWERS WHICH ARE SOMETIMES EASIER FOR KIDS AND OTHER PEOPLE UM THAT YOU CAN HOLD THEM UP IN FRONT OF YOUR EYES AND IT'S A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO DEAL WITH UM IT IS NOT SAFE TO LOOK THROUGH TELESCOPES BINOCULARS CAMERAS OR YOUR PHONE A CAMERA RIGHT HAS A BIG LENS ON THE FRONT WHAT IS THE JOB OF THE LENS TO CONCENTRATE THE LIGHT RIGHT MOST OF THE CAMERAS SOME OF THE NEWER ONES ARE NOT BUT MOST OF THE CAMERAS ARE WHAT THEY CALL REFLEX SO YOU LOOK THROUGH DOWN THROUGH A MIRROR AND OUT THROUGH THE LENS SO GUESS WHAT THE SUN'S LOOKING RIGHT BACK AT YOU AND IF YOU ARE LOOKING THROUGH THE VIEWFINDER OF YOUR CAMERA TRYING TO TAKE A PICTURE YOU'RE ALSO EXPOSING YOURSELF UH DIRECTLY TO THE SUN OBVIOUSLY BINOCULAR OR A TELESCOPE IF IT DOESN'T HAVE A FILTER WILL DAMAGE YOUR EYES FOR SURE YOU CAN BUY FILTERS FOR YOUR CAMERA AND THOSE FILTERS WILL PROTECT YOU AND THE NICE THING IS IF IT IS A REFLEX CAMERA LIKE THAT THE THE VIEWFINDER GOES THROUGH THE CAMERA SO YOUR EYES IS ALSO PROTECTED WHEN YOU'RE TAKING PICTURES AS FAR AS THE PHONE UM I I CAN'T TELL YOU UH WHETHER IT WILL OR WON'T DAMAGE YOUR PHONE THAT'S THE REASON WHY YOU KNOW THEY BASICALLY RECOMMEND USE YOUR SOLAR GLASSES PUT IT OVER YOUR PHONE AND TAKE A PICTURE NOW EVERYTHING I'M TELLING YOU HOLDS ALL THE WAY UP TO TOTALITY AT THE TIME OF TOTALITY TAKE THEM OFF BECAUSE YOU WANT THEM OFF YOU WANT TO SEE THE SUN NAKED EYE WHEN YOU'RE YOU'RE DURING THE ECLIPSE BUT THAT'S THE ONLY TIME RIGHT HOW DO I KNOW IF MY GLASSES ARE ANY GOOD SO YOU WANT TO LOOK ON THEM AND UH WHAT YOU WANT TO LOOK FOR IS ISO SO IT'S I DON'T I DON'T ASK YOU TO REMEMBER THE NUMBER AFTER IT BUT HERE'S WHAT ISO MEANS INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS ORGANIZATION SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN THEY WROTE A STANDARD FOR IE PROTECTION AND YOU NEED TO MEET IT AND IF YOU'VE BEEN TESTED TO THE ISO STANDARD THEN GREAT THE ACTUAL NUMBER IS2 312 D2 LIKE I SAID YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO REMEMBER IT I CAN'T REMEMBER IT BUT THE THE IMPORTANT PART IS IF YOU SEE THE ISO UH MENTIONED OR LABEL THEN UM YOU'RE PROBABLY IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE IT'S A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE IT'S SOMETHING THAT UH YOU NEED TO BE PREPARED AND READY FOR AND KNOW WHAT TO DO BUT UM IT'S A GREAT EXPERIENCE AND UM HOPEFULLY IT'LL JUST UH GET A FEW PEOPLE FIRED UP ABOUT SCIENCE IN THE NATURAL WORLD* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.