Seattle Mag
Seattle is Virtually Sold Out of Solar Eclipse Glasses. Here’s How to Make Your Own
Missed out on eclipse glasses? Take it back to elementary school with this DIY projector.
An August eclipse was once responsible for thousands of deaths. During the Peloponnesian War, the Athenian general Nicias delayed a critical retreat because he interpreted an eclipse as a warning to keep his troops in place. A disastrous defeat followed, the beginning of the end of Athens’ time as the center of western civilization. [Gulp.]…