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Leesburg teen collecting eclipse glasses for children in Asia and South America
Leesburg teen collecting eclipse glasses for children in Asia and South America
Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2017 by Sophie Desmond, Special to the Times-Mirror
Has the afterglow of Monday’s eclipse worn off? Well don’t toss your eclipse glasses just yet. ... On Monday, millions in the U.S. were treated to a total solar eclipse. Now that the event passed, it will be another seven years before a total solar eclipse will pass over part of the continental U.S.
People can try to keep track of their eclipse glasses in that time, or make travel plans for the next solar eclipse on July 2, 2019, which will be visible from South America and Asia. Or there is a third option.
After the eclipse, 13-year-old Max Greenberg of Leesburg decided to send his eclipse glasses to Astronomers Without Borders, a nonprofit organization that will be collecting eclipse glasses to send to schools in South America and Asia for the 2019 solar eclipse. ... “I was wondering what to do with the glasses after the eclipse yesterday,” Max told WJLA Washington Tuesday. “I wanted students in South America and Asia who aren’t as lucky as us to be able to experience the natural phenomena that we experienced."
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To learn more about Astronomers Without Borders, visit their website http://www.astronomerswithoutborders.org or follow them on Facebook.
Watch WJLA Washington's report:
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Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2017 by Sophie Desmond, Special to the Times-Mirror
Has the afterglow of Monday’s eclipse worn off? Well don’t toss your eclipse glasses just yet. ... On Monday, millions in the U.S. were treated to a total solar eclipse. Now that the event passed, it will be another seven years before a total solar eclipse will pass over part of the continental U.S.
People can try to keep track of their eclipse glasses in that time, or make travel plans for the next solar eclipse on July 2, 2019, which will be visible from South America and Asia. Or there is a third option.
After the eclipse, 13-year-old Max Greenberg of Leesburg decided to send his eclipse glasses to Astronomers Without Borders, a nonprofit organization that will be collecting eclipse glasses to send to schools in South America and Asia for the 2019 solar eclipse. ... “I was wondering what to do with the glasses after the eclipse yesterday,” Max told WJLA Washington Tuesday. “I wanted students in South America and Asia who aren’t as lucky as us to be able to experience the natural phenomena that we experienced."
....
To learn more about Astronomers Without Borders, visit their website http://www.astronomerswithoutborders.org or follow them on Facebook.
Watch WJLA Washington's report:
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