A safe pair should be so dark normal light doesn't shine through them. Be sure to confirm glasses are made by a reputable manufacturer. Several local retailers have been selling the glasses, though they might be sold out. Here are a few things to know, courtesy of Kawaler and Charles Kerton, associate professor of astronomy.ĭon't gaze directly at the eclipse - other than the couple minutes at most of totality, which won't happen in Ames - unless you have specially designed glasses. It will be the first total solar eclipse in 99 years to track across the continental United States and the first visible in any part of the lower 48 since 1979. 21 and make plans to travel a few hours southwest, where the coast-to-coast path of totality will clip the southwest corner of Iowa as it passes about an hour south of Omaha and just north of Kansas City. Kawaler hopes as many human minds as possible recognize the uniqueness of the event Aug. It recognizes the uniqueness of this event," he said. It's one of the wonderful things about how the human mind - and maybe soul – works. Colleagues who have seen a dozen have told him they get the same feeling every time. Since then, Kawaler has realized the power of the sight of a disappearing sun.
"Even though you know precisely what is happening and can do the calculations to predict it even, which I could by that time, you still feel this combined sense of dread and wonder." "You, as a living entity, come to expect the sun when it's up in the middle of the day not to go anywhere," he said. He didn't figure he'd have the same reaction. Seven years later as an undergraduate, Kawaler's second total eclipse came with sunnier skies. What if the sun doesn't come back? Do I need to go someplace safe? Do I need to store food? That kind of thing." "The fight or flight reflex was starting to rear its head. "I was convinced I would be looking at this thing with an analytic view and be enjoying it for the rarity of the event. And those few seconds caught the self-assured teenage scientist by surprise. He caught a few seconds of totality - the moment when the moon is completely blotting out the sun - before the clouds rolled in. That's the day the Iowa State astronomy professor, then a 14-year-old at astronomy camp, saw his first total solar eclipse.
Steven Kawaler has been looking forward to Monday since July 10, 1972.
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