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The Greenwood Advertising and Promotion Commission and the Greenwood Chamber of Commerce, with the generous contribution of Farmers Bank announced the availability of ISO approved solar viewing glasses for the public to use in viewing next year’s “Great North American Eclipse.”
This last chance for a generation to see a total eclipse of the sun will happen on April 8th, 2024. The path of “totality” will pass over parts of the River Valley and Western Arkansas in the early afternoon of April 8th. The prediction is that tens of thousands of visitors will come to Arkansas to view the spectacle.
The only safe way to view the Sun at any timeincluding during an eclipse, is by looking through an ISO approved lens or filter. Sunglasses, welding glasses and other darkening methods are not sufficient and permanent damage to the eyes WILL result from looking at the Sun without the proper filter.
The solar glasses from Greenwood, made in the USA by American Paper Optics, will be available beginning July 1st of this year (limit 2 per person andwhile supplies last) free of charge to the public. The only catch to the offer is that the glasses must be picked up in person in Greenwood. The glasses will be available at Greenwood City Hall, the Greenwood Chamber of Commerce office on the square in Downtown Greenwood and at any Farmers Bank location. The glasses will also be provided to every student in the Greenwood School District on the day of the eclipse.
For further information contact Bob Purvis, Greenwood Chamber of Commerce, (479) 996-6357 [email protected]
