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Viewing the solar eclipse

Clearwater residents use a variety of methods to view the solar eclipse on Monday morning
Keith McNeill
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Robin Hulke uses a pair of binoculars to project an image of the sun as it is in eclipse onto a piece of paper. The sun was about 80 per cent covered on Monday morning in Clearwater.

By Keith McNeill

Clearwater residents use a variety of methods to view the solar eclipse on Monday morning

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Lorena Traub uses a welding helmet plus a pair of high quality sunglasses to look at briefly the solar eclipse on Monday morning. The helmet gave a protection factor of 11 while the sunglasses added another three, making a total of 14 - the minimum recommended.