The total solar eclipse will be here in less than a week. Thousands will watch the eclipse within the 'path of totality' in Western North Carolina. Bernard Arghiere is with the Astronomy Club of Asheville. He's been speaking to groups across the region ahead of the eclipse. He says the question most commonly asked at those meetings - when is it safe to take your eclipse glasses off when watching the eclipse? Arghiere sat down with BPR's Matt Bush to answer that question, and many others including what people should know when buying eclipse glasses, and what's the difference between being in the path of totality and not? (Asheville is not in the path of totality, but areas to the west and south of the city in North Carolina are)
American Astronomical Society page on reputable vendors of solar eclipse glasses
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