A partial solar eclipse will be view-able across most of the USA later today, but experts urged would-be sky watchers to use the proper gear to avoid damaging their eyes.
The eclipse will be visible when the Moon passes in front of the Sun, obscuring just about half its bright light, in the late afternoon of October 23.
People in Los Angeles should see 45% of the Sun’s diameter covered at 3:38 pm local time (2238 GMT).
In Seattle, almost two-thirds of the Sun should be covered at 2200 GMT, and the eclipse will cover just over half the Sun for viewers in Denver and Chicago.
Rather look up, people are advised to use special solar filters made of black polymer, not regular sunglasses.
“The Sun is so bright that even through ordinary sunglasses you can damage your eyes if you stare at it,” said Jay Pasachoff, a professor at Williams College in Massachusetts and chair of the International Astronomical Union’s Working Group on Eclipses.
Another other option for looking directly at the Sun is to do so through a welder’s glass, number 12, 13, or 14.
