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It\u2019s time to find your old solar eclipse glasses from the \u201cGreat North American Eclipse\u201d on April 8, 2024 \u2014 or buy some new ones. On Wednesday, Aug. 12, a solar eclipse will be visible across the Western Hemisphere, with most of Europe, all of Canada and northeast U.S. states seeing a solar eclipse. Exactly what you\u2019ll see will depend on where you are, but solar eclipse glasses are critical to enjoy the event safely. Here\u2019s everything you need to know about using old eclipse glasses \u2014 and where to buy new ones.<\/p>\n

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Who Makes Safe Solar Eclipse Glasses In The U.S. And Europe<\/h2>\n

Major manufacturers in the U.S. of certified safe solar eclipse glasses and viewers are Tennessee-based American Paper Optics, Arizona-based Thousand Oaks Optical, California-based Rainbow Symphony, and Missouri-based DayStar Filters. In Europe, solar eclipse glasses manufacturers include Latvia-based Absolute Eclipse and Germany\u2019s Baader Planetarium. <\/p>\n

Over 75 million solar eclipse glasses were sold in the U.S. for the April 8, 2024 total solar eclipse. The global eclipse glasses market size was valued at approximately $225.2 million in 2024, according to Custom Market Insights, and is projected to increase to $326.1 million by 2033 \u2014 the year of the next U.S. total solar eclipse, in Alaska. About 71% of all eclipse glasses were sold in the final 30 days leading up to the April 8, 2024 eclipse.<\/p>\n

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Fears Grow About Shortages In Europe<\/h2>\n

With the path of totality in Europe traveling through Greenland, Iceland and Spain, the focus has been on these three countries about to witness a total solar eclipse. That\u2019s left the rest of Europe \u2014 which is due to see a very deep partial solar eclipse \u2014 largely unprepared. Although the event won\u2019t be total in most of Europe, solar eclipse glasses are crucial to see any of the partial phases. \u201cThe August 12th eclipse in Europe is tracking toward a very predictable crisis \u2014 a severe shortage of safe certified eclipse glasses,\u201d said Jason Lewin, Chief Marketing Officer at American Paper Optics, in an interview. \u201cHaving navigated the absolute chaos during the 2017 and 2024 U.S. eclipses, we got to see firsthand how hundreds of thousands of late buyers were left stranded or, worse, resorted to buying unverified, unsafe counterfeits when retailers sold out completely.\u201d The 2017 and 2024 total solar eclipses in North America saw problems with counterfeit products.<\/p>\n

Eclipse Glasses With A Conservation Angle<\/h2>\n

One of the more unusual eclipse-glasses initiatives for Aug. 12 comes from the Fin Whale Eclipse Project, a Canadian youth-led campaign linking safe solar viewing with North Atlantic fin whale conservation. The project was created by the same team behind the 2024 Monarch Butterfly Eclipse Project, which distributed 500,000 eclipse glasses across the U.S. and Canada and committed $75,000 to conservation. For 2026, 15% of net proceeds from Fin Whale Eclipse Project glasses will support whale conservation through ORCA, a U.K.-based marine conservation charity. “The path of the August 12 total solar eclipse and the migration route of the North Atlantic fin whale line up in a way that feels almost unbelievable,\u201d said Paige Denton, co-founder of The Fin Whale Eclipse Project. \u201cIt gave us a chance to connect something millions of people will be looking up to see with something important happening below the surface of the ocean.” The Fin Whale Eclipse Project\u2019s eclipse glasses are made by Shenzhen Lionstar, which features on the American Astronomical Society Solar Eclipse Task Force\u2019s list of vendors of safe solar viewers.<\/p>\n

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Further reading<\/h2>\n

Forbes<\/span>Your Ultimate Travel Guide To The 2026 Total Solar Eclipse<\/span>By Jamie Carter<\/span><\/small><\/span><\/span>Forbes<\/span>Why Thousands Of Eclipse Chasers May Soon Miss Totality In Spain<\/span>By Jamie Carter<\/span><\/small><\/span><\/span>Forbes<\/span>Why Americans Cannot Ignore August\u2019s Total Solar Eclipse<\/span>By Jamie Carter<\/span><\/small><\/span><\/span>Forbes<\/span>The Perseid Meteor Shower Begins Today: When To Watch<\/span>By Jamie Carter<\/span><\/small><\/span><\/span>Forbes<\/span>Comet Tonight: How To See Comet 10P\/Tempel 2 Now From Where You Are<\/span>By Jamie Carter<\/span><\/small><\/span><\/span>Forbes<\/span>Comet Tonight: How To See Comet 10P\/Tempel 2 Now From Where You Are<\/span>By Jamie Carter<\/span><\/small><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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