BBC NEWS 24 133 08 Aug 13:59/31 ************ ************************** * *** *** ** ****** ***************** ************ ********** ****** ****** 2/2 TIPS FOR VIEWING THE ECLIPSE SAFELY Looking at the sun at any time is potentially dangerous and can result in serious eye damage or blindness.
Current advice from the Chief Medical Officer is that the only totally safe way to view the eclipse is indirectly.
DO NOT USE sunglasses, smoked glass, CDs, floppy disk media, polarizing filters, colour film or black and white negatives bearing images.
All children should be closely supervised while watching the eclipse.
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