How to Watch the Eclipse- Safely from Erie County Park Rangers on April 8, 2024 at 3:18pm that is the total eclipse but the partial eclipse begins at 2:05pm. So basically it starts at 2:05, the total eclipse is 3:18 to 3:22 and it ends at 4:32pm.
Yes, there is a 70% change it could be cloudy but the next one is August 23, 2044 that can be seen in the US. So you might not want to miss the chance of seeing this one.
Eclipse Events at Niagara Falls- March 22- to April 8- check it out
Eclipse glasses are NOT regular sunglasses; regular sunglasses, no matter how dark, are not safe for viewing the Sun
Do NOT look at the Sun through a camera lens, telescope, binoculars, or any other optical device while wearing eclipse glasses or using a handheld solar viewer — the concentrated solar rays will burn through the filter and cause serious eye injury. For cameras you need a solar filter.
If you don’t have eclipse glasses or a handheld solar viewer, you can use an indirect viewing method, which does not involve looking directly at the Sun. One way is to use a pinhole projector, which has a small opening (for example, a hole punched in an index card) and projects an image of the Sun onto a nearby surface. With the Sun at your back, you can then safely view the projected image. Do NOT look at the Sun through the pinhole!
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“The lens of your camera, the lens of your phone or the lens of your eye will concentrate the sunlight and ruin your camera, your phone or your eye,” Doug Duncan, an astronomer at the University of Colorado at Boulder who is also an eclipse hunter, told KXAN.
