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[bluephoenix]

Where can I get glasses to view the eclipse?

[dms007]

is it visible from cyprus?

[Savannah]

THE CYPRUS Tourism Organisation (CTO) is to distribute special glasses to all tourists arriving on the island as of Monday so that visitors can view the total eclipse of the sun on March 29.

The coverage of the sun will be 95 per cent and visible in Cyprus, which will require special glasses for anyone wanting to view it without damaging their sight.

According to an announcement from the CTO, representatives of the organisation will from Monday be at Larnaca and Paphos airports to distribute the special glasses to people arriving on the island so they can view the eclipse safely.

The eclipse will be visible from 12.38pm on Wednesday 29. it will peak at 2pm and the eclipse will be over by 3.15pm. Cyprus will not see another eclipse until April 21, 2088.

“No description and no picture can capture the sight of a total eclipse,” the special CTO leaflet with the free Astrosolar Baader Filters says. “It is a phenomenon that appeals to all of the senses. The sky turns dark. The temperature drops and all this creates a sense of strange serenity in the air.”

The Fakas Institute will also be opening its doors to the public for the eclipse, while around 12 people will travel to the Greek island of Kastelorizo, which is the only place in Europe where the March 29 eclipse can be seen totally.

Four telescopes fitted with special filters will be on the Institute’s roof in Nicosia where members of the public can witness the eclipse. Schoolchildren have been invited to attend and an astrophysicist will be present to educate people about the phenomenon, which the Institute will be photographing and filming.

A total solar eclipse is considered by many to be the most spectacular natural phenomenon that one can observe.

[twinkle]

We're just skimming its path so we will be able to see it. If you don't have the glasses (not sunglasses) you can make a "pin viewer".

Take 2 pieces of card. Cut a small hole in one piece of card. Turn your back to the sun as the eclipse happens and hold the piece of card up in the ray of the sun. Hold the other one with the hole on front so the light is shone through to the other piece without the hole. You should be able to view it travelling over the card.

My days watching Blue Peter as a kid certainly paid off.

Next week, we'll be making a scale model of the Effiel Tower using a coat hanger and some paperclips......

[@lexis]

Just got some for free from the opticians (near starbucks in Nicosia on Themistocli Dervi).

[Savannah]

i think u can also use a white piece of paper and look through it.....as long as you dont look into the sun directly...

[morhekil]

take the old floppy disk, break it and take out the magnetic circle from the inside. It's semi-opaque and you can look at the sun through it

[@lexis]

It has started! part of it is already clipped... will peak at 2pm.

[theresa]

I saw the one in the UK a few years ago - it was fantastic, we closed our branch of the bank and went into the street with our special glasses - it was eerie, very quiet and cool. Then some "customers" asked when are we going to open again cos they wanted some money!! Honestly this happens once in a lifetime and all some people want is a few quid NOW !!Happy viewing - Tess

[Sotos]

I don't have the special glasses. I hope my usual sun glasses will be enough for looking at it for 2 seconds!