Last Chance in Your Lifetime: Transit of Venus
You probably won't be around the next time this happens in 105 years, so use these safety tips and watch it tonight.
Everybody's talking about it: The Venus Transit. The 2012 Venus Transit is a solar event as well as a planetary one, so if you want to watch it, experience it, and then talk about it for the next 105 years, you’re going to need to take a few precautions. Stay tuned to the latest Glenview news: Sign up for free newsletter! Most everyone knows that you should NEVER look directly at the sun; we just sometimes forget in the excitement of rare spectacles that safety procedures should be followed to protect the eyes. Even using proper solar filters, it is recommended that you not stare continuously at the sun; take breaks. And for goodness sake, DO NOT USE YOUR SUNGLASSES as a substitute for solar filter! Even those high-end driving sunglasses …
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