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=?=: > > [log in to unmask] > 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]) > > 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] > > Tokyo March 8, 1997 >