{"id":642296,"date":"2024-04-05T13:45:55","date_gmt":"2024-04-05T17:45:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?post_type=image-article&p=642296"},"modified":"2024-04-05T13:45:57","modified_gmt":"2024-04-05T17:45:57","slug":"astronauts-protect-their-eyes-with-eclipse-glasses","status":"publish","type":"image-article","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/image-article\/astronauts-protect-their-eyes-with-eclipse-glasses\/","title":{"rendered":"Astronauts Protect Their Eyes with Eclipse Glasses"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/nhq202403190047orig.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/nhq202403190047orig.jpg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Four men wearing red, rectangular eclipse glasses and blue jumpsuits look up at the Sun. They are on the rooftop of a building. The U.S. Capitol dome is visible behind them.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/nhq202403190047orig.jpg 8256w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/nhq202403190047orig.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/nhq202403190047orig.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/nhq202403190047orig.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/nhq202403190047orig.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/nhq202403190047orig.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/nhq202403190047orig.jpg?resize=400,267 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/nhq202403190047orig.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/nhq202403190047orig.jpg?resize=900,600 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/nhq202403190047orig.jpg?resize=1200,800 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/nhq202403190047orig.jpg?resize=2000,1333 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA\/Aubrey Gemignani<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>While visiting NASA Headquarters in Washington on March 19, 2024, astronauts Stephen Bowen, left, Frank Rubio, Warren Hoburg, and UAE (United Arab Emirates) astronaut Sultan Alneyadi, right, posed for a photo wearing <a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/eclipses\/future-eclipses\/eclipse-2024\/safety\/\" rel=\"noopener\">solar viewing glasses<\/a> (\u201ceclipse glasses\u201d). Eclipse glasses with the <a href=\"https:\/\/eclipse.aas.org\/eye-safety\/iso-certification\" rel=\"noopener\">ISO 12312-2<\/a> international standard or a safe handheld solar viewer are a must-have to look directly at the Sun during the eclipse before or after totality\u2014the brief period where the Moon completely blocks the Sun\u2019s face. Viewing any part of the bright Sun through a camera lens, binoculars, or a telescope without a special-purpose solar filter secured over the front of the optics will instantly cause severe eye injury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NASA will have <a href=\"https:\/\/plus.nasa.gov\/scheduled-video\/2024-total-solar-eclipse-through-the-eyes-of-nasa\/\" rel=\"noopener\">live coverage of the total solar eclipse<\/a>, beginning at 1 p.m. EDT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Image Credit: NASA\/Aubrey Gemignani<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While visiting NASA Headquarters in Washington on March 19, 2024, astronauts Stephen Bowen, left, Frank Rubio, Warren Hoburg, and UAE (United Arab Emirates) astronaut Sultan Alneyadi, right, posed for a photo wearing solar viewing glasses (\u201ceclipse glasses\u201d). Eclipse glasses with the ISO 12312-2 international standard or a safe handheld solar viewer are a must-have to look directly [...]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":334,"featured_media":642288,"template":"","meta":{"nasa_hds_core_meta_l10n":"en-US","nasa_hds_core_meta_article_editor":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_article_contacts":[],"nasa_hds_core_meta_article_topic":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_linked_locations":[],"nasa_hds_core_meta_article_related_articles":[],"hds_migrate_meta_pr_release_id":"","hds_migrate_meta_pr_release_type":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_location_x":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_location_y":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_gallery_images":[]},"categories":[2800,9457,3429,3244,3400,3413],"news-tags":[],"internal-terms":[],"coauthors":[11483],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Astronauts Protect Their Eyes with Eclipse Glasses","url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/image-article\/astronauts-protect-their-eyes-with-eclipse-glasses\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/image-article\/astronauts-protect-their-eyes-with-eclipse-glasses\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/nhq202403190047orig.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/nhq202403190047orig.jpg"},"articleSection":"Humans in Space","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Monika Luabeya"}],"creator":["Monika Luabeya"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"NASA","logo":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/themes\/nasa\/assets\/images\/nasa-logo.svg"},"keywords":["Humans in Space","Astronauts","Warren Hoburg","Eclipses","Frank Rubio","Solar Eclipses","Stephen G. 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