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Arcanist Lupus
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Eclipse Glasses PSA

If anybody here is planning on watching the eclipse using paper eclipse glasses, be aware that the market is being flooded with Chinese counterfeits.

eclipse.aas.org/eye-safety/iso-certification 
qz.com/1040159/solar-eclipse-glasses-for...ety-recommendations/ 

Amazon is sending out emails to purchasers of glasses they can't verify (I know, because I got one), but if you got your glasses from another source, please double check them!


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NASA keeps a list of makers that clear the right tests, I used that to find good ones.

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If you can see anything at ground level through them, they are not eclipse glasses. Proper eclipse glasses are not just extra-dark sunglasses.

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I will second that, I thought mine were defects until I looked and found that you shouldn't see anything out of them just looking around.