Show I Dont Don't Take Tale CHANCES With Eclipse Utah along with other areas of the North American continent will be covered by an eclipse of the sun July 20 Complete darkness will cover parts of Alaska Canada and Maine and the rest root of the continent continent con con- will be exposed to partial darkness d during the e eclipse After Arter a partial eclipse of the sun Bun in September ot of 1960 there were widespread reports of eye burns Utah alone confirmed 31 definite cases of retina damage caused by directly at the I eclipse all but five of of the victims victims vic vic- vic vic- tims were youngsters A solar eclipse results when the moon passing between the earth and the sun hides all or part of the he sun from our view Norm Normally lly j the he sun Is much too bright for a I I j person to view comfortably Enough light however is Ia blacked blacked I ou out during an eclipse to to permit easy observation this is when I I the ho rays rays ays do their damage Retinal burnS burns jurns can be sustained unnoticed becaUse the retina la is not sensitive sensitive sens-I. sens tive to to pain An irreparable rable b burn rn I results very similar to the way a magnifying glass can be used to burn urn a hole in a piece of paper with the suns sun's rays I There is n no safe ante way to look directly at the eclipse stresses Dr C G. G D. D Carlyle Thompson DIrector DI DI- rector of the Utah State Department Department Depart Depart- ment of Health along with officials orn- orn dais of the Utah Commission for forthe forthe forthe the Blind and the Utah Society for the Prevention of Blindness Sunglasses smoked glass or exposed ex ex- exposed posed photographic film mm are not safe safo for watching the eclipse j I Television affords a safe means of ot viewing the eclipse I I |