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    Advice for Eclipse Newbies

    Get your eclipse glasses and sunscreen ready.
    by Rebecca Boyle Aug 07, 2017 5 minutes
    Source: Phil Noble / Reuters

    Like most people in the United States, at least, I’ve never witnessed a total solar eclipse. I’m really looking forward to it, as are tens of thousands of other Americans who live in the eclipse’s promised “path of totality” or are planning to travel there. But aside from traffic and crowds, what should they expect? What do you bring to an eclipse? We asked readers and eclipse experts to share some tips.

    A total solar eclipse only lasts a few minutes — for this one, about two and a half minutes, depending on where you are — but the partial eclipse lasts an hour or so. You’ll want to bring , which are available online for a few dollars. Be sure to get them from a from AAS of several eclipse-glasses sources.

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