Any Local Vendors for Eclipse Glasses?

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12:10a, 8/18/17

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Do any local places (still) have them for sale?

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2:13a, 8/18/17

The children's museum is selling them

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1:22p, 8/20/17

Any other places around town?

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2:15p, 8/20/17

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welding goggles may work, if they're sufficiently dark.

Back when floppy disks were a thing, we viewed the sun through the actual floppy disk media.

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In reply to Esteban du Plantier • 3:36p, 8/20/17

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Esteban du Plantier said:
welding goggles may work, if they're sufficiently dark.

Back when floppy disks were a thing, we viewed the sun through the actual floppy disk media.

Look for 12-or-higher lenses if you can find them.

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5:35p, 8/20/17

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I haven't been able to find any. Kinda surprising. Should've ordered online!

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5:55p, 8/20/17

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Just be ready in 2024 when B/CS will have a better view and apparently 98% coverage.

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6:17p, 8/20/17

April 8, 2024 and it will be basically a total eclipse

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11:42a, 8/21/17

I have floppies. Can they really be used to view the eclipse?

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1:43p, 8/21/17

I used a harbor freight auto-darkening welders helmet. Had to hack it to run on an IR emitter (TV remote) and when cranked up to 12-13 it was very comfortable to use.

I got this with my old Canon 30D and an even older 35-105 zoom through the lens of the helmet.

https://goo.gl/photos/ob6Mw9N8QiqxKHqq9

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2:22p, 8/21/17

AG

I work on a jobsite and borrowed a welder's mask from one of the guys in the field. Pretty cool but nothing like what the folks saw who were in the line for the 100% coverage.

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