Eskenazi Health Encourages Appropriate Precautions during Solar Eclipse
Indianapolis, Aug. 10, 2017 – On Monday, August 21, 2017, a brief solar eclipse will be visible beginning noon Eastern Daylight Time across North America when the moon blocks the sun for approximately 2 minutes 40 seconds, in which the otherwise hidden solar corona, or outer atmosphere, will be made visible.
This will be the first solar eclipse over the U.S. mainland since 1979 and the first to cross from coast to coast since 1918. Indianapolis will not experience a total eclipse, so viewing the sun directly during this time will be unsafe and could burn the delicate structures of the eye.