Many people rightfully wonder whether the eclipse can be observed safely.
Permanent eye damage can result from looking directly at the sun with your unaided eyes or through photographic cameras, video cameras, binoculars, telescopes, your regular sun glasses, compact disks, mylar balloons, silvery snack bags, smoked glass, exposed photographic film, etc. If you have any questions about the method you intend to use to see the eclipse, please e-mail me at the address below. I will be available to answer such questions until late on December 23. Luckily, safe methods exist for observing the sun, and there are educational and aesthetic benefits for doing so. Even when an eclipse is not happening, the sun is still our day star, the hydrogen bomb that brings light and life to planet Earth.