ALL ECLIPSE GLASSES HAVE BEEN CLAIMED.
THE LIBRARY IS OUT OF GLASSES.
Information on the 2024 Solar Eclipse from NASA:
"The April 8, 2024, eclipse will be a total solar eclipse. It will be the last total solar eclipse visible from the contiguous United States until 2044.
A total solar eclipse happens when the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth, completely blocking the face of the Sun. People viewing the eclipse from locations where the Moon’s shadow completely covers the Sun – known as the path of totality – will experience a total solar eclipse. The sky will darken, as if it were dawn or dusk. Weather permitting, people along the path of totality will see the Sun’s corona, or outer atmosphere, which is usually obscured by the bright face of the Sun."
CLICK HERE for an interactive map of the eclipse path of totality! (Pataskala will experience 99% sun obscuration)
SAFETY TIPS FOR VIEWING THE ECLIPSE
- Always supervise children during the eclipse and remind them to keep their solar eclipse glasses on.
- If you normally wear eyeglasses, keep them on and put your eclipse glasses on over them.
- You should never look directly at the sun without appropriate eye protection.
- Do not use sunglasses, Polaroid filters, certain welding glass, exposed color film, X-ray film or photographic neutral-density filters to view a solar eclipse.
- Staring directly at the sun can damage your eyes and cause vision loss, which is sometimes permanent.
- Only use solar eclipse glasses and filters that comply with international standards.
- The library’s eclipse glasses are approved for use based on these standards.