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As noted in How to View a Solar Eclipse Safely, with one notable exception it is never safe to look directly at the Sun through a telescope, binoculars, or camera lens without a solar filter. That exception is during totality, the total phase of a total solar eclipse, when the dazzlingly bright solar surface is completely blocked by the Moon (which will happen only if you're within the path of the Moon's dark shadow). But totality is fleeting.| Solar Eclipse Across America
As noted in How to View a Solar Eclipse Safely, looking directly at the Sun is unsafe except during the brief total phase of a solar eclipse (“totality”), when the Moon entirely blocks the Sun’s bright face, which will happen only within the narrow path of totality. To find out whether your home or any other specific location is within the path of totality on April 8, 2024, see Xavier Jubier's Google Map, which supports zooming in to street level.| Solar Eclipse Across America
The International Organization for Standardization, or ISO (an acronym derived from the French version of the name), is a nongovernmental organization composed of members from the national standards bodies of 167 countries. (Here in the U.S., our national standards body is the American National Standards Institute, or ANSI.) ISO's headquarters are in Geneva, Switzerland. Through its numerous technical committees, subcommittees, and working groups, ISO coordinates the efforts of some 45,000 su...| Solar Eclipse Across America
Pinhole Projection| Solar Eclipse Across America
The solar eclipse of April 8, 2024, will be total in a narrow path from Mexico to Eastern Canada and partial to the northwest and southeast. Yellow curves indicate how much of the Sun is covered by the Moon outside the path of totality. The difference between a total solar eclipse and a partial one is literally the difference between night and day, so get yourself into the path of totality if you can.| Solar Eclipse Across America