Can we watch solar eclipse through pano/all glass roof?

[Doug_G]

Whoa... do NOT do that!!! You are guaranteed to damage your eyes within a matter of seconds. A filter strong enough for the sun is something you won't be able to see ANYTHING through except the sun.

 

[RobertF]

Good suggestions. One more. Watch it on TV. Better view, no clouds, no worry about eyes.

 

[brucet999]

ABSOLUTELY NOT unless you are wearing proper eclipse glasses in which case there is no need for you to be in your car, you should be outside.

See Safety | Total Solar Eclipse 2017

If your child cannot keep the eclipse glasses on their face then it is your responsibility to make sure they do not look directly at the sun except during the period of totality.

NOT EVEN DURING TOTALITY. The light around the rim of the moon's shadow can be enough to damage eyes, and it would be virtually impossible to look during totality without catching damaging sunlight either at the point just before or just after totality.

 

[EV-lutioin]

NOT EVEN DURING TOTALITY. The light around the rim of the moon's shadow can be enough to damage eyes, and it would be virtually impossible to look during totality without catching damaging sunlight either at the point just before or just after totality.

NASA seems to disagree with you.

"There is a misunderstanding being circulated that during a total solar eclipse when the moon has fully blocked the light from the sun, that there are still harmful ‘rays’ that can injure your eyes. This is completely false. When the bright photosphere of the sun is completely covered, only the faint light from the corona is visible, and this radiation is too weak to have any harmful effects on the human retina.
The misunderstanding comes about because of using the general term ‘solar eclipse’ to describe both the total phase when the sun disk is completely blocked, and the minutes before and after totality when there is still some of the sun’s disk visible. It is harmful to view even a sliver of the sun disk because of its intensity, and so to simply say that you should not view a solar eclipse is rather inaccurate."

FAQ | Total Solar Eclipse 2017

 

[brucet999]

NASA seems to disagree with you.

"There is a misunderstanding being circulated that during a total solar eclipse when the moon has fully blocked the light from the sun, that there are still harmful ‘rays’ that can injure your eyes. This is completely false. When the bright photosphere of the sun is completely covered, only the faint light from the corona is visible, and this radiation is too weak to have any harmful effects on the human retina.
The misunderstanding comes about because of using the general term ‘solar eclipse’ to describe both the total phase when the sun disk is completely blocked, and the minutes before and after totality when there is still some of the sun’s disk visible. It is harmful to view even a sliver of the sun disk because of its intensity, and so to simply say that you should not view a solar eclipse is rather inaccurate."

FAQ | Total Solar Eclipse 2017

My mistake. I was thinking of an annular eclipse, so only half right about the risk you can't quite look at totality without being caught by the return of sun's disk at the end of that brief time.

 

[EV-lutioin]

My mistake. I was thinking of an annular eclipse, so only half right about the risk you can't quite look at totality without being caught by the return of sun's disk at the end of that brief time.

Yep, an annular eclipse only covers a portion of the sun. You are correct, even with a total eclipse, you want to be super careful and stop looking directly at the sun just before it ends.... can't be too careful.

 

[sdorn]

 

[cgiGuy]

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TSLA stock plummets as thousands of Model S/X's careen off of the road while their owners stare up at the sun. Oh wait.. Autopilot was on. Nevermind.

 

[BluestarE3]

You can watch the eclipse through the open top of the Roadster here in the Bay Area... perfect cloud cover today. Can't even tell where the sun is in the sky, eclipse or no eclipse.

 

[ceric930]

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I guess we will know tomorrow. For the record, I used the certified glasses. But might have a few seconds not fully protected when I was trying to take a photo through the glasses which half of the crowed at the scene did.

 

[ecarfan]

Elon, bad advice dude. You should know better.

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