Not my area of expertise: But every time there is a solar
eclipse the warning goes out that one should _NOT_ look at it
directly through _ANYTHING_! Instead, a pinhole projection box
should be used. Looking at the sun, even if in eclipse, can
cause permanent vision damage, so they say.
                          Usual Disclaimers
According to =?ISO-2022-JP?B?GyRCMEIwZiEhTjwbKEI=?=:
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> SUB:Total Solar Eclipse www site, etc.
> FROM:Yasui R., Tokyo
> Dear Sun-Watchers,
> A  the Total Solar Eclipse can be view on live on the web from 00:30 am Greenw
> ich Time to around 2:30 am on March 9 (Sunday).
>
> The website's URL is: http://www.solar.eclipse.org
>
> This Total Solar Eclipse can be seen clearly and directly with eyes at various
>  areas in Siberia and Mongolia.
> However, make sure you have filters or those special dark glasses for welding
> use or frosted glass if you are out in the fields of these vast spread of  lan
> d of Eurasia. A friend of mine suggests "For those viewing the Total Solar Ecl
> ipse directly, it is strongly recommended to listen to the  noise tapes or CDs
>  of the late UK Rock Group, Uraiah-Heep of the 70's, when viewing. Uraiiah is
> for Eurasia in fact!"----?
>
> At the following places in Japan, the Total Solar Eclipse can be viewed by eye
> s.Sapporo: from 10:18 am Japan Time
> Sendai: from 10:11 am ditto.
> Tokyo: from 10:05 am ditto.
> Nagoya: from 10:00 am ditto.
> Osaka: from 9:56 am ditto.
> Fukuoka: from am ditto.
>
> The JSF Science Museum ( not the Tokyo National Science Museum at Ueno Park) w
> ill also have a live cyber show of Total Solar Eclipse at their exhibition hal
> l during the time. (JSF Science Museum: tel. 03-3212-2440 fax. 03-3201-3030. e
> -mail: [log in to unmask])
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> Yours Truly will be prepared to be excused if there is thick cloud that shades
>  the view of the Total Solar Eclipse in Eurasia.
>
> Your Sun lover,
>
> Ryo
> Museum Consultant
> E-mail: [log in to unmask]
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> Tokyo March 8, 1997
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