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
Did you know?The way to safely view an annular eclipse and a total solar eclipse is different. Learn how to view the 2023 annular solar eclipse here and| NASA Science
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