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 More options May 17 2012, 8:31 am
From: MRE <epreme...@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 05:31:36 -0700 (PDT)
Local: Thurs, May 17 2012 8:31 am
Subject: Re: Deficiency found in some solar-eclipse glasses in Japan

Yah.. I looked at full on sun with and without clouds.
Its a nice orange ball, but not too bright.
Cool point is that even through clouds, its visible.

On May 17, 4:17 pm, Richard Frankum <richard.fran...@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 3:12 PM, fakufaku <fakuf...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Okay. Now, how do we check that ?

> Sounds pretty easy, you put on the glasses and look at the sun. If you go
> blind, they're defective!

> Or a slightly safer way, from the link:
> The committee said glasses are deficient if observers can clearly see the
> shape of fluorescent light tubes through them and called on people to check
> carefully if they have cracks or holes.

> MRE, wanna check yours?
> --
> --Richard Frankum


 
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