Experts offer suggestions and tips to protect your eyes, pets, and cell phones while taking advantage of the rare visual and astronomical effects during the total solar eclipse.
As millions of Americans prepare for the first total solar eclipse to cross the U.S. in nearly seven years on Monday, experts are offering a host of suggestions and tips to protect your eyes, pets and cell phones , all while taking advantage of the four-minute midday darkness to see a series of rare visual and astronomical effects .
: In addition to specialty eclipse glasses, scientists also suggest wearing red or green while watching the eclipse to take advantage of a phenomenon called the, which makes shades of blue and green pop in contrast to darker hues of red—an effect that typically takes half an hour as day fades to night that will happen in a matter of seconds during the eclipse., could also become visible during the solar eclipse as the midday sun fades to black, providing a rare astronomical possibility to see a comet during the day, when comets typically are not visible to the naked eye.: In the seconds before totality—the total eclipse of the sun—scientists also believe stargazers will be able to catch a glimpse of a: While experts warn against staring directly into the sun just before or after totality, they also warn the sun cancell phone camera image sensors, with NASA suggesting “proper filters” for protection, while Google’s Pixel camera team warned against pointing cell phone cameras at the eclipse for “extended periods of time” without a filter.: The most important precaution people can take during the eclipse is to avoid staring directly into the sun without protection,for children and adults, while scientists say some animals could prepare for sleep or become confused or fearful during the eclipse, with one expert advising pet owners to keep their animals inside with the lights on.starts its North American passage in the western Mexican state of Sinaloa and Durango around 11 a.m. local time, and crosses into Texas between 1:27 p.m. and 1:49 p.m. central time. In Arkansas, the eclipse will be visible for just over four minutes between 1:45 p.m. and 2 p.m., before crossing into southern Missouri and southern Illinois. People in Indiana can catch the eclipse between 3 p.m. and 3:12 p.m., and between 3:08 p.m. and 3:19 p.m. in Ohio. Totality will make its way over upstate New York between 3:16 p.m. and 3:29 p.m. eastern time, before crossing northern Vermont around 3:25 p.m., New Hampshire around 3:28 p.m. and Maine between 3:28 and 3:35.predict overcast skies will limit visibility throughout parts of Mexico, Texas, the Midwest and Great Lakes states where the path of totality is set to pass, with an unlucky 98% cloud coverage in Dallas. Moving into Arkansas and the Midwest, forecasters expect the cloud cover to partially lift in cities like Little Rock and Bloomington, Indiana , though overcast skies will put a damper on the eclipse around Lake Ontario, upstate New York and parts of northern New England, with 99% cloud cover in Cleveland and 100% in Burlington, Vermont. The best place to catch the eclipse could be in northern Maine, according tometeorologists, while southern New Mexico, the central Plains and Ohio River Valley are also projected to provide stargazers with clearer skies.of himself putting on protective glasses to stare at the sun while standing on the Truman balcony of the White House, where nearly seven years ago a glasses-less former President Donald Trump stared directly into the solar eclipse with then-First Lady Melania Trump and their son Barron Trump. The former president and 2024 GOP nominee also posted aon his social media platform Truth Social ahead of the eclipse on Sunday showing a bizarre video of his silhouette blocking out the sun with a crowd cheering below.
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