Paper Solar Eclipse Glasses Total Observation Solar Glasses 3D Outdoor Eclipse Viewing Glasses ISO 12312-2:2015

Look at the Sun safely with your own eyes. These paper solar eclipse glasses are certified to the ISO 12312-2:2015 international safety standard for direct solar viewing, so you can watch the partial phases of a solar eclipse, spot large sunspots, and enjoy the Sun without risking your eyesight.

For your eyes only, not your gear

Eclipse glasses are made for naked-eye viewing only. Never look through a telescope, binoculars, camera viewfinder, or any other optics while wearing them, even for a moment. Optics concentrate sunlight, and that concentrated light can burn through the glasses and cause instant, permanent eye damage. To observe or photograph the Sun through a telescope or camera lens, use a front-mounted solar filter like our Adjustable Telescope Solar Filter with Baader AstroSolar film.

How to use them safely

• Inspect before every use. If the lenses are scratched, punctured, torn, or separated from the frame, throw the glasses away.
• Put them on before you look up, and look away from the Sun before you take them off.
• Keep them on through every partial phase of a solar eclipse. Only during the brief moment of totality in a total eclipse is it safe to look without them, and they must go back on before the first sliver of Sun reappears.
• Supervise children to make sure they keep the glasses on while looking at the Sun.
• Keep your regular glasses on if you wear them, and put the eclipse glasses over them.

When's the next eclipse?

The next total solar eclipse visible from the United States is on August 23, 2044. In the meantime, these glasses are great for watching for large sunspots during the Sun's active periods, and for any partial eclipse you travel to see.

Specifications

For the full rules on safe solar observing and photography, see our Solar Safety guide.