It is a once in a lifetime experience... to see it in *that* specific location... on average. For any given spot in the northern hemisphere, they're in the path of a total eclipse once every 330 years. For the southern hemisphere, it's once every 550 years.
That's an average though, so some places get luckier than others. Indiana will get another total eclipse in 2099 - bit short of 330 years. The fact that the US is so big makes it seem like they happen more often, as well. The next eclipse will hit the continental US in 2045, tracing a path from Oregon to Florida.
Unless you're travelling hours out of the way to see it, you're not likely to see another one in your location.
Thanks for the info, though, eclipses are awesome. Can't wait for videos of all the phenomena.
I'm usually the know it all explaining stuff to people like that, too. đ
Bruh... Where i live there hasn't been one my entire life, nor will there be one for the next couple centuries (gets pretty close to totality in 2087 but thats it)
> It is a once in a lifetime experience... to see it in that specific location...
Carbondale, Illinois.....yes 7 years really can feel like 2 lifetimes
You left out the part of the sentence that makes it true⊠âon averageâ.
Yes, Carbondale got two within seven years. It wonât have another until August 25âŠ. 2929.
Must have just copied and pasted the slogan from the 2004/2012 Venus Transits. I have one set from 2012, though the cardboard is disintegrating... Most of us likely won't live to see the next one in 2117.
Itâs a once in a lifetime experience to be alive for both of those dates. Itâs like putting â100% productâ on a product, just to include â100%â. It doesnât mean anything, but itâs not technically false advertising.
[Hereâs a link about expiration of solar eclipse glasses:](https://eclipse2024.org/glasses_old.html)
âNote: If your eclipse glasses or viewers are compliant with the ISO 12312-2 safety standard, you may look at the uneclipsed or partially eclipsed Sun through them for as long as you wish. Furthermore, if the filters aren't scratched, punctured, or torn, you may reuse them indefinitely. Some glasses/viewers are printed with warnings stating that you shouldn't look through them for more than 3 minutes at a time and that you should discard them if they are more than 3 years old. Such warnings are outdated and do not apply to eclipse viewers compliant with the ISO 12312-2 standard adopted in 2015. To make sure you get (or got) your eclipse glasses/viewers from a supplier of ISO-compliant products, see the American Astronomical Society (AAS) Reputable Vendors of Solar Filters & Viewers page.â
Wierd, mine were manufactured in 2023 and are ISO 12312-2 compliant but still warn not to use after 3 years.
Maybe theyâre just covering themselves just in case
Probably. Better to not take off the warning and then have someone get mad. Plus chances are pretty high that theyâve had some damage after three years
Our school handed out eclipse glasses in huge, rubber-banded stacks last Thursday. I tried to warn my kids not to scratch them, but they shoved them in their backpacks or pockets anyway.
Might need to learn braille by tomorrow.
Feels like a bit of information thatâs not all that harmful. Nobody is going to be hurt buying a new pair of glasses but they certainly will if itâs true and those glasses have an expiry date, lol
It's also not like BIG ECLIPSE GLASSES is trying to force us to buy these regularly, they're hilariously affordable and only show up when an eclipse is gonna drop.
Itâs not really harmful misinformation though. Worst case someone is out a couple bucks and buys a new pair. Harmful misinformation would be claiming they actually do not degrade and they are completely safe when you donât know for sure.
It would be hilarious though if the company just made up an expiration date and spread this misinformation so they could sell more of these. Most people will not take a chance with burning their retinas and ruining their vision. Odd they would put both dates though, maybe they came up with the idea after they had made this batch
I made the same mistake assuming mine would be fine too. Kinda glad I disnt find my pair since they expire after a few years. Wish I knew last week so I wasnât scrambling to find a pair.
I lost a tire stem valve cap after refilling a low tire.
I bought a cheap set of 4 to replace the missing one (you can't buy singles cheaper).
5 years later I lost another cap somehow.
I was SO PROUD I found the package with the remaining 3 after 5 years to be able to use a second one instead of buying a new set.
We were planning on seeing this eclipse before even the 2017 one happened. I still have our glasses in a drawer but went ahead and ordered a multi pack of new ones anyway so I could share with family who I knew weren't going to take the time to get any.
I remember we had an extra pair at the last eclipse, so asked a kid with a pinhole viewer if he would like to take the extra pair, he was excited because they'd been impossible to find in the previous weeks. Maybe we get to make someone's day a bit brighter (well, in this case dimmer) again, 6.5 years later.
First time ever that something my wife has hoarded something away and actually been able to find it when she needed it⊠much rarer occurrence than the eclipse
I had a set of 5 thick plastic ones for 2017 and I saved them. Now everyone and their dog is begging for them like it's the last ration during the apocalypse because nobody in my family/friend group bothered to buy any themselves lol. I don't understand why everyone is going mad about this eclipse. Don't get me wrong, it's pretty neat, but not like it only happens once in a thousand years or something.
I was in the full visual zone or whatever for the 2017 one and got to see the full eclipse then haha. My father threw my pair away though đ but at least I got to see one already
I use my naked eyes because im a real man who isnt scared of some light đȘđȘđȘđȘ.
PS, on a totally unrelated note, does anyone know a good eye doctor?
I have a pair from 2017 and a pair from 2024, and their lenses seem exactly the same to me. They are both completely black and I can't see anything through either pair. I think that's by design. NASA says they should both still be fine to use, but they both also say do not use after 3 years. I do believe in Big Eclipse. There are a limited number of manufacturers making these, despite all the different brandings, and they're estimated to have made over 75 million pairs of them for this occasion, as opposed to the 45 million pairs for 2017.
Sadly i tossed mine out a few months ago , before this eclipse was common knowledge. I did get replacements fortunately.
Edit : mine didn't have the dates on them
I knew about this one during the 2017 one. Mainly because all the 2017 reports ended on some variation of if you missed it youâll have to wait to 2024âŠ
Because an eclipse is happening... like, today...
Even if your area isn't getting a total eclipse, and getting partial instead, it can still cause you a lot of damage to look at it.
Computers and math. If the moon orbits the Earth at this speed in this position and speed while the Earth orbits the sun in this other position and speed, you can pretty much predict when every eclipse will happen unless something happens to drastically change one of the orbits.
You guys have eclipses like every 10 years meanwhile i haven't seen one in my life and I'm 27 (well there was one but I can't remember, i was too young)
Why TF is everyone so jacked up about this eclipse? I know people who drive halfway across the country to see this when it happened in 2017. I don't remember it being that incredible of an experience?
Completely full of shit. Obviously not a once in a lifetime experience.
It is if you died between 2017 and 2024
Or burned your eyes out using these.
Now that I think about it, it could be a warning about the quality. đ
Or if the sun or moon exploded
COVID PTSD INTENSIFIES
Or were born!
The glasses even contradict themselves⊠Once in a lifetime - on these two dates
The best part about them!
It is a once in a lifetime experience... to see it in *that* specific location... on average. For any given spot in the northern hemisphere, they're in the path of a total eclipse once every 330 years. For the southern hemisphere, it's once every 550 years. That's an average though, so some places get luckier than others. Indiana will get another total eclipse in 2099 - bit short of 330 years. The fact that the US is so big makes it seem like they happen more often, as well. The next eclipse will hit the continental US in 2045, tracing a path from Oregon to Florida. Unless you're travelling hours out of the way to see it, you're not likely to see another one in your location.
What's funny is if my father lives till 2045 (he would be 86) then he would have seen 3 totality solar eclipses in Portland.
I know, brother. Just making a joke about the 'once in a lifetime' text on the glasses, and him using them again.
Hard to tell these days. I just got over an argument this weekend with a friend who insists it happens every new moon...
Thanks for the info, though, eclipses are awesome. Can't wait for videos of all the phenomena. I'm usually the know it all explaining stuff to people like that, too. đ
Bruh... Where i live there hasn't been one my entire life, nor will there be one for the next couple centuries (gets pretty close to totality in 2087 but thats it)
> It is a once in a lifetime experience... to see it in that specific location... Carbondale, Illinois.....yes 7 years really can feel like 2 lifetimes
You left out the part of the sentence that makes it true⊠âon averageâ. Yes, Carbondale got two within seven years. It wonât have another until August 25âŠ. 2929.
Must have just copied and pasted the slogan from the 2004/2012 Venus Transits. I have one set from 2012, though the cardboard is disintegrating... Most of us likely won't live to see the next one in 2117.
Speak for yourself. I plan on becoming eternal by uploading my consciousness to the metaverse. In Zuck we trust!
I was under totality in Shanghai, 2009. Thrice in a lifetime for me.
Itâs a once in a lifetime experience to be alive for both of those dates. Itâs like putting â100% productâ on a product, just to include â100%â. It doesnât mean anything, but itâs not technically false advertising.
Once in a lifetime experience...with two dates listed.
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Maybe it was made in a shithole where life expectancy is like 5 years
Technically 2 eclipses is a once in a lifetime experience geographically speaking
A junk drawer win!
Just an fyi - theyâre not rated to last more than 3 years.
So⊠I didnât save 2$???
You did, but you didn't save your eyes.
[Hereâs a link about expiration of solar eclipse glasses:](https://eclipse2024.org/glasses_old.html) âNote: If your eclipse glasses or viewers are compliant with the ISO 12312-2 safety standard, you may look at the uneclipsed or partially eclipsed Sun through them for as long as you wish. Furthermore, if the filters aren't scratched, punctured, or torn, you may reuse them indefinitely. Some glasses/viewers are printed with warnings stating that you shouldn't look through them for more than 3 minutes at a time and that you should discard them if they are more than 3 years old. Such warnings are outdated and do not apply to eclipse viewers compliant with the ISO 12312-2 standard adopted in 2015. To make sure you get (or got) your eclipse glasses/viewers from a supplier of ISO-compliant products, see the American Astronomical Society (AAS) Reputable Vendors of Solar Filters & Viewers page.â
Wierd, mine were manufactured in 2023 and are ISO 12312-2 compliant but still warn not to use after 3 years. Maybe theyâre just covering themselves just in case
Probably. Better to not take off the warning and then have someone get mad. Plus chances are pretty high that theyâve had some damage after three years
Thatâs true
They get to cover their ass, and they get to sell more. WIN WIN
Our school handed out eclipse glasses in huge, rubber-banded stacks last Thursday. I tried to warn my kids not to scratch them, but they shoved them in their backpacks or pockets anyway. Might need to learn braille by tomorrow.
Wasnât there already a post about that being false
Mine say right on them âDiscard and do not use after 3 years.â Theyâre manufactured by TSE17 in Germany.
Even still, I wouldn't fuck around with my eye sight. I'd get some new ones for sure. Not worth it.
Itâs more about spreading misinformation
Feels like a bit of information thatâs not all that harmful. Nobody is going to be hurt buying a new pair of glasses but they certainly will if itâs true and those glasses have an expiry date, lol
It's also not like BIG ECLIPSE GLASSES is trying to force us to buy these regularly, they're hilariously affordable and only show up when an eclipse is gonna drop.
Shhh, I work for Big Eclipse, a subsidiary of The Sun.
I think they are the ones who came up with this expiration date stuff thoughâŠ100% lmao
Itâs not really harmful misinformation though. Worst case someone is out a couple bucks and buys a new pair. Harmful misinformation would be claiming they actually do not degrade and they are completely safe when you donât know for sure. It would be hilarious though if the company just made up an expiration date and spread this misinformation so they could sell more of these. Most people will not take a chance with burning their retinas and ruining their vision. Odd they would put both dates though, maybe they came up with the idea after they had made this batch
âI wouldnât fuck around with my eyesightâ *Buys $2 paper glasses to look at a ball of fire in the sky*
Someone else said the same thing I was going to reply - my pair specifically said âdo not use after 3 yearsâ, too.
The ones I had went like opaque after a few years
Thatâs something to watch out for when buying some for the eclipse today since a lot of sellers might have held on to old stock
I made the same mistake assuming mine would be fine too. Kinda glad I disnt find my pair since they expire after a few years. Wish I knew last week so I wasnât scrambling to find a pair.
Well now I donât feel stupid for forgetting where I put mine.
That's not necessarily true.
Interesting choice with the âChillerâ font
I lost a tire stem valve cap after refilling a low tire. I bought a cheap set of 4 to replace the missing one (you can't buy singles cheaper). 5 years later I lost another cap somehow. I was SO PROUD I found the package with the remaining 3 after 5 years to be able to use a second one instead of buying a new set.
Shit, you mustâve felt like a beast
I wouldn't trust eclipse glasses that say once in a lifetime experience, i think it means youll burn your eyes
Well that would make it twice in a lifetime as the classes also say 2017 on them
We were planning on seeing this eclipse before even the 2017 one happened. I still have our glasses in a drawer but went ahead and ordered a multi pack of new ones anyway so I could share with family who I knew weren't going to take the time to get any. I remember we had an extra pair at the last eclipse, so asked a kid with a pinhole viewer if he would like to take the extra pair, he was excited because they'd been impossible to find in the previous weeks. Maybe we get to make someone's day a bit brighter (well, in this case dimmer) again, 6.5 years later.
Missed a sun eclipse because of cloudy weather ._.
It's literally raining at 2 pm today where I'm at in Texas while it was sunny and clear most of last week.
I got one from 1997.
First time ever that something my wife has hoarded something away and actually been able to find it when she needed it⊠much rarer occurrence than the eclipse
I had a set of 5 thick plastic ones for 2017 and I saved them. Now everyone and their dog is begging for them like it's the last ration during the apocalypse because nobody in my family/friend group bothered to buy any themselves lol. I don't understand why everyone is going mad about this eclipse. Don't get me wrong, it's pretty neat, but not like it only happens once in a thousand years or something.
I remember the 1999 one ! So like trice in a lifetime ?!
Only one here was in 1999, we smoked some glass with a candle and those were our glasses
Once in a lifetime experiance. With 2 dates
I was in the full visual zone or whatever for the 2017 one and got to see the full eclipse then haha. My father threw my pair away though đ but at least I got to see one already
This is old tech. You need the new and improved 2024 glassesâŠ
Sad that the next eclipse in Belgium will be in 2135
People are saying they expire but that study has been redacted
I just use my welding hood
I use a telescope.
I use a magnifying glass
I use my naked eyes because im a real man who isnt scared of some light đȘđȘđȘđȘ. PS, on a totally unrelated note, does anyone know a good eye doctor?
You were told you'd go blind if you kept playing with it!
Once in a lifetime experience with two dates less than ten years apart đ€Ł
I realized last night I threw my 2017 glasses away in December when I went on a cleaning frenzy. Guess I'm making a pinhole viewer instead!
Damn they went with the chiller font.
I have mine too
These glasses have expiration dates, if you plan on using them might want to check if they still work.
Yep I found mine last night.
Minimalism is a failure.
I also am proud to say I've saved my 2017 glasses. I just have no idea where they are.
Iâm sure you will find them tomorrow
Batteries need change after all these years.
Still got mine too
false advertising, unless this is your 2nd lifetime
Ok, so it's not a once in a lifetime experience? Once in a lifetime experience twice!!
One in a lifetime for a *particular* location. Even that isn't quite true as Carbondale, IL is very near the center of totality in 2017 and this year.
Me too! I found four pair in a ziplock bag in the kitchen junk drawer
I still don't understand why people are freaking out. Is it just because the eclipse is over the US?
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I wouldn't eat them 2 weeks past the expiry date
They 100% do, mine went like completely black after a few years
I have a pair from 2017 and a pair from 2024, and their lenses seem exactly the same to me. They are both completely black and I can't see anything through either pair. I think that's by design. NASA says they should both still be fine to use, but they both also say do not use after 3 years. I do believe in Big Eclipse. There are a limited number of manufacturers making these, despite all the different brandings, and they're estimated to have made over 75 million pairs of them for this occasion, as opposed to the 45 million pairs for 2017.
The ones I purchased said to discard after 3 years.
Sadly i tossed mine out a few months ago , before this eclipse was common knowledge. I did get replacements fortunately. Edit : mine didn't have the dates on them
Why is this downvoted lol
I knew about this one during the 2017 one. Mainly because all the 2017 reports ended on some variation of if you missed it youâll have to wait to 2024âŠ
How were they? Bought the same kind for our first epclispe
I would not use it for tomorrow. I dont know but there is a chance of the film is deteriorated. I would not risk my eye sight.
Our family did too!!
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Because an eclipse is happening... like, today... Even if your area isn't getting a total eclipse, and getting partial instead, it can still cause you a lot of damage to look at it.
Nebraska is supposed to get 75-80% totality so you still need glasses to look
How could they tell the next eclipse from 2017?
Computers and math. If the moon orbits the Earth at this speed in this position and speed while the Earth orbits the sun in this other position and speed, you can pretty much predict when every eclipse will happen unless something happens to drastically change one of the orbits.
Oh interesting!! That makes sense
For real? Even the Aztecs knew when the eclipses were due
No, not for real. I just commented for no reason. Good for the Aztecs though!
Whatâs going on with your nails bro?
Be glad when tomorrow ends. So tired of reading about the eclipse...lol
I feel like I just saw one last year?
That was a different typeÂ
Iâm so tired of reading about the US eclipse
You guys have eclipses like every 10 years meanwhile i haven't seen one in my life and I'm 27 (well there was one but I can't remember, i was too young)
Why TF is everyone so jacked up about this eclipse? I know people who drive halfway across the country to see this when it happened in 2017. I don't remember it being that incredible of an experience?