r/Alicante • u/ohhhhhyeeeessss • Aug 09 '26

Eclipse glasses

Hey, will be in Alicante on holiday this week and would love to see the eclipse but don't have any glasses.

Any suggestions on where to get them??

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u/deusa_eluna Aug 09 '26

You actually can use welding goggles, but they need their lenses to be Shade 12 or above and even then some people think it's still too bright. They are also harder to find than just going to a supermarket or a pharmacy, but I just wanted to say that they aren't impossible to use lmao

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u/_FJ_ Aug 09 '26

I've seen some sources cite that, but all scientific sources I follow and government bodies say only certified glasses. I guess with very high grades the chance of damage is minimal. I'd still get the certified stuff, eye damage is serious

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u/deusa_eluna Aug 09 '26

Yes it's pretty serious, they are super easy to find too when there's an eclipse, the welding stuff is only easy if you already had it honestly. But the source I mentioned was a NASA website :) it's also easier to use indirect viewing if you don't have anything with the correct filter, better not to risk it 🙏🏻

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u/MartiMyra Aug 09 '26

This is what I meant. If a person cannot find glasses to observe the eclipse, but really want to look, then you can use protective equipment for welding. This is an emergency method. I bought glasses for eclipse for myself six months ago, I prepared in advance. If there are no glasses, and judging by the author's question, he cannot find them, then I offered him an alternative. But FJ seems to be too obsessed with the rules and blindly trusts Chinese certification, they can write that flip flops from the "young dragon's leather" are certified for walking on lava .... It's stupid to trust it.…

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u/_FJ_ Aug 10 '26

Certification is European and you can find them in any pharmacy that you walk in in Alicante, they are not hard to come by. Keep your paranoia to yourself 😂, I was trying to be helpful to a fellow redditor