April 8 is the BIG day – total eclipse day. While Northwest Florida won’t experience what they call “totality,” we will experience it at about 80%. You can read about it in this week’s issue on page 7A – including how to make your own eclipse viewer. But here is a really important tip – your normal sunglasses will not protect your eyes and your camera will need a special lens filter specifically for photographing the eclipse. We (being North America) will not have another chance to experience this again until 2033. There won’t be another one like this running coast to coast until 2045.
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