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Preparing for the solar eclipse

Proper eye protection or use of pinhole projection provides safe viewing

WORLAND - According to the greatamericaneclipse.com, the last total solar eclipse in the 48 continental United States was in 1979. In 1979, solar eclipse glasses were not available as they are today.

Dr. Kirby Treat of Clear Image Vision in Worland said back in the 1970s, to view a solar eclipse safely one had to build a pinhole projector where the person basically watched the shadow of the eclips...