Show Comes Saturday- Guard eyesight Don't peek at eclipse There will be an eclipse of the sun visible all over Utah and the United States on July BUT DON'T LOOK AT THE ECLIPSE unless you have first obtained expert guidance on how to do it without injuring your If you are to be sure you do it without taking the risk of injuring your precious eyesight DARK GLASSES ARE NO There are no filters generally available that make safe viewing of an e-clipse This includes the glass that many people once believed E-ven heavy welder's glasses do not Telescopes and binoculars trained on an eclipse are particularly They magnify and Intensify the burn DON'T PHOTOGRAPH THE ECLIPSE unless you are an experienced Looking into the viewfinder of a camera pointed at the sun is highly Even special filters don't unless they are chosen with great care MOST ESPECIAL- j LY don't realize j that less than one second's exposure to the direct rays of sun under some cause permanent There isn't even necessarily immediate sensation of pain before the damage is The only safe method of watching an eclipse is by the That the viewer looks at an image of the rather than at the eclipse The image is projected onto a white and the with his back to the watches the MOST OF US HAVE set fire to a piece of paper by focusing the rays of the sun through a magnifying glass It is this same burning power that damages the retina of the eye in eclipse The sun's rays are brought to focus on the interior of the eye by the optical system within the In the safest way to view the eclipse is on television or through photos in magazines and newspapers Unless you obtain professional advice from an expert an or optical scientist don't look at the |