Solar Eclipse Program
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Solar Eclipse Program
Head to Alabaster Caverns State Park to view the solar eclipse through the park’s telescope, which is equipped with a special solar filter. There will also be an eclipse activity held at the park’s visitor center. The eclipse is estimated the last approximately three hours beginning around 11:30am.
As seen from the Earth, a solar eclipse is a type of eclipse that occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth, and the Moon fully or partially blocks out the Sun. This can happen only at a new moon and when the Sun and Moon are in conjunction as seen from Earth in an alignment referred to as syzygy. In a total eclipse, the disk of the Sun is fully obscured by the Moon. In partial and annular eclipses, only part of the Sun is obscured. In Oklahoma, there will be an 85-90 percent of the Sun eclipsed by the Moon.
In addition, all of the state parks and lodges are selling safety-approved viewing glasses. Each pair of these special glasses retail for $1.95 + tax.