Jamie Carter is a freelance journalist and regular Live Science contributor based in Cardiff, U.K. He is the author of A Stargazing Program For Beginners and lectures on astronomy and the natural world. Jamie regularly writes for Space.com, TechRadar.com, Forbes Science, BBC Wildlife magazine and Scientific American, and many others.
When a solar eclipse passes over North America on April 8, your first reaction may be to whip out your phone to capture the spectacular sight. But is it safe to record the solar eclipse with your phone? And if so, what's the best and safest way to do it?
This advice applies only to the eclipse's partial phases, which North Americans outside the 115-mile-long path of totality will see on April 8. Besides, if you point your smartphone at a partial solar eclipse, you won't get a good image. That's because whatever remains of the uneclipsed sun, even if it's just a sliver, will overwhelm your smartphone camera's sensor and overexpose your photo.
If you're within the path of totality, you will also see the partial phases of the eclipse. But midway through the 2.5-hour-long event, the sun's entire face will be blocked by the moon. For this brief period, called totality, you can remove the solar eclipse glasses from your eyes and the solar filters from your smartphone. This is the only time it is safe to look directly at the sun without proper eye protection.
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