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Guelph libraries to hand out 1,000 free solar eclipse glasses

CBC News | Posted: August 16, 2017 2:55 PM | Last Updated: August 16, 2017

Partial eclipse will be visible in Guelph and Waterloo region Monday afternoon

Image | Faeroes Europe Solar Eclipse March 20 2015

Caption: A woman wears solar protection glasses during the partial phase of a solar eclipse on the edge of the city overlooking Torshavn, the capital of the Faeroe Islands, on March 20, 2015. Residents in southern Ontario will get to experience a partial eclipse Monday afternoon and Guelph Public Library is handing out 1,000 free glasses starting Wednesday. (Matt Dunham/AP)

If you want to take in next week's solar eclipse, you can now get free solar eclipse glasses from the Guelph Public Library.
The library has a total of 1,000 glasses to give away on a first come, first serve basis. The glasses will be available at all locations.
In this area, the partial eclipse on Monday will start around 1:40 p.m. and the maximum partial eclipse will be at 2:32 p.m. It will end by 3:50 p.m.
But you can't watch it just by looking at the sky without proper protection. Regular sunglasses will not protect your retinas.
The eclipse is the first to cross the U.S. coast to coast in almost a century. The celestial event has prompted a lot of hype and hysteria.
There have been warnings from retailers, including Amazon, about counterfeit eclipse glasses that are being sold.
And the New York Times science desk has published a solar eclipse playlist(external link).

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