The cosmos will align Saturday to create a solar eclipse that can be viewed from nearly all of North America and South America, the first of two solar eclipses that will be visible in the United States in a span of 177 days. The primary viewing zone for the annular solar eclipse in the United States will be across a narrow corridor from southern Oregon to southern Texas, where the moon will cover the sun's center in a phenomenon nicknamed a "ring of fire." However, the remainder of the country will be able to witness a partial solar eclipse, for some, the first since 2017.
Eye protection is paramount, as looking at the sun without a solar filter or eclipse glasses can cause serious, potentially long-lasting, eye damage. With time running out to order a pair of specially designed eclipse glasses, people may need to rely on other methods to view a solar eclipse -- some of which require only a few items commonly found around the house. One of the easiest eclipse experiments involves a pasta strainer that has plenty of small, circular holes. As the moon blocks out part of the sun, hold the strainer out so that sunlight shines through the holes of the colander. Instead of circles of light appearing in the shadow, the light will be in the shape of crescents.
A similar effect can be replicated by poking holes in a sheet of paper or by using any item that has small circular holes.
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