What to do with your eclipse glasses now?
Now that the solar eclipse is over, you may be wondering what you can do with your eclipse glasses. If you store them carefully so that the lenses do not get scratched or torn, then you can keep using them to view the sun at any time. If you've got sharp vision, you may be able to see any larger sunspots on the sun's surface.
You can also use the glasses to view any future partial solar eclipses, which happen more often than total eclipses. For example, there will be an early morning low-in-the-sky .
If you don't want to keep your eclipse glasses, the Department of Physics is accepting donations of used glasses. We will use them in our regular public outreach activities. We are also investigating whether we can donate them to organizations that distribute used eclipse glasses elsewhere in the world.
If you'd like to donate your glasses, please place them in the labelled blue bin that is outside the door to Room 203A of the FSDE building.
