9:30am - 1:30pm at the following locations: Wheeler Farm 6351 So. 900 E. Murray, UT 84121 Fountain Plaza at The Gateway Mall 400 W. 100 So. SLC, UT 84101 VIEWING WITH CLARK GREAT AMERICAN SOLAR ECLIPSE SAFETY & VIEWING TIPS AUGUST 21st, 2017 LOCAL STATS Salt Lake City: 91% coverage Start time: 10:13am Maximum coverage: 11:33am End time: 12:59pm Closest totality: Driggs, Idaho Driving time to Driggs: ~4 hours NEAREST TOTALITY On August 21st, 2017, the United States will experience a total eclipse of the Sun that stretches from Oregon to South Carolina. Multiple states, many within a day’s driving distance of Salt Lake City, Utah, will experience totality, where the Sun is completely blocked out by Earth’s Moon. While Salt Lake City will not experience totality, the city will see 91% coverage, a marvelous spectacle. SAFE VIEWING OF THE ECLIPSE There are two safe ways to look at the Sun, whether partially eclipsed or not. You should never look directly at the Sun without the assistance of either: • Special solar filters, including solar glasses, which must be marked ISO 12312-2 • A large piece of welder’s glass, number 14. You can also safely view the eclipse indirectly with the use of an eclipse projection box; instructions for building your own box are available at clarkplanetarium.org. SAFETY DON’Ts FOR THE ECLIPSE However you decide to view the eclipse, please: • DO NOT look directly at the Sun • DO NOT look at the Sun through an unfiltered camera or telescope • DO NOT use sunglasses as a substitute for solar glasses or filters • DO NOT use untested or “new” methods for projection viewers; this includes the newly popular “Pringles Can” For more information, activities, and tips for safely viewing Utah’s 91% partial solar eclipse please visit clarkplanetarium.org/eclipse2017

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Page 1: GREAT AMERICAN SOLAR ECLIPSE SAFETY & VIEWING TIPS … · spectacle. SAFE VIEWING OF THE ECLIPSE There are two safe ways to look at the Sun, whether partially eclipsed or not. You

9:30am - 1:30pm at the following locations:

Wheeler Farm6351 So. 900 E.

Murray, UT 84121

Fountain Plaza atThe Gateway Mall

400 W. 100 So.SLC, UT 84101

VIEWING WITH CLARK

GREAT AMERICAN SOLAR ECLIPSESAFETY & VIEWING TIPS

AUGUST 21st, 2017

LOCAL STATSSalt Lake City: 91% coverage

Start time: 10:13amMaximum coverage: 11:33am

End time: 12:59pm

Closest totality: Driggs, IdahoDriving time to Driggs: ~4 hours

NEAREST TOTALITY

On August 21st, 2017, the United States will experience a total eclipse of the Sun that stretches from Oregon to South Carolina. Multiple states, many within a day’s driving distance of Salt Lake City, Utah, will experience totality, where the Sun is completely blocked out by Earth’s Moon. While Salt Lake City will not experience totality, the city will see 91% coverage, a marvelous spectacle.

SAFE VIEWING OF THE ECLIPSE

There are two safe ways to look at the Sun, whether partially eclipsed or not. You should never look directly at the Sun without the assistance of either:

• Special solar filters, including solar glasses, which must be marked ISO 12312-2• A large piece of welder’s glass, number 14.

You can also safely view the eclipse indirectly with the use of an eclipse projection box; instructions for building your own box are available at clarkplanetarium.org.

SAFETY DON’Ts FOR THE ECLIPSE

However you decide to view the eclipse, please:

• DO NOT look directly at the Sun• DO NOT look at the Sun through an unfiltered camera or telescope• DO NOT use sunglasses as a substitute for solar glasses or filters• DO NOT use untested or “new” methods for projection viewers; this includes the newly popular “Pringles Can”

For more information, activities, and tips for safely viewing Utah’s 91% partial solar eclipse please visit

clarkplanetarium.org/eclipse2017