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Annular Solar Eclipse May 20, 2012

On May 20, 2012 at 7:32 PM many of us here in Utah will have the opportunity to see an annular solar eclipse. those in Southern Utah near Kanarraville will get to see the “Ring of Fire” effect. (For more information, see ksl.com.) What ever you do, don’t look at the sun without proper protection. [...]

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Ultraviolet Light (a.k.a. UV rays) damages ocular tissues causing all sorts of conditions: photokeratitis and conjunctivitis (snow blindness), premature cataracts (lens cloudiness), and solar retinophathy (retina damage). Eye doctors always recommend that you buy glasses with a material or coating that blocks UV light, but what about contacts?

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