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Eclipse viewing glasses allow you to view the sun in its natural orange color. It is important that solar eclipse viewer glasses offer the highest levels of eclipse eye protection. Many other products, and do-it-yourself designs, do not provide full protection from the harmful rays.
Eye Safety During Solar Eclipses. Fred Espenak. Adapted from NASA RP 1383 Total Solar Eclipse of 1998 February 26, April 1996, p. 17. The Sun can be viewed safely with the naked eye only during the few brief seconds or minutes of a total solar eclipse. Partial eclipses, annular eclipses, and the partial phases of total eclipses are never safe to watch without taking special precautions.