Watching the eclipse? Protect your eyes!

How to Safely View a Solar Eclipse:

Review this article provided by VSP, the University’s vision insurance provider for More information:

• Wear approved eye-wear, such as solar eclipse glasses from Prevent Blindness.
• Purchase solar eclipse glasses that have the ISO 12312-2 filters .
• Ensure your solar eclipse glasses are not damaged or scratched in any way.
• Wear solar eclipse glasses over prescription eye-wear.
• Wear solar eclipse glasses when you look at an eclipse, even when it’s dark or dim outside.

Remember: Homemade filters or ordinary sunglasses, even very dark ones, are not safe for looking at the sun or an eclipse.

Viewing Party:

Prevent Blindness, a longtime VSP Vision Eyes of Hope partner, offers tool-kits for persons looking to plan and host a viewing party. Tool-kits include fact sheets, a planning checklist, and fun activities for adults and kids. For educators, there is also a preschool and early childhood solar eclipse lesson and book.

• Visit Preventblindness.org/eclipse to learn more.

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