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don't be fooled by fake Eclipse glasses or you will fry your eyes with the solar eclipse approaching proper Eclipse viewing glasses are in low supply so of course unsafe fake ones are being sold Amazon has been pulling counterfeits off its website and you should be aware of people selling fakes on the street during the event it's actually hard to spot a fake but there are some signs to look for there are a few reputable vendors listed as trustworthy from the American Astronomical Society they are ones such as this pair made by Eclipse glasses calm you should check if your vendors on the safe list also check the label print it on the side a safe pair should be labeled with ISO one two three one two - two it's an international safety standard for how dark the lenses are for blocking sunlight and UV and IR radiation but anyone can print whatever they want on some paper glasses doesn't mean it's true right how do you really know well if you're being sold a fake pair of shades there is another clue how much light you can see when you put them on you shouldn't be able to see anything except the Sun itself and you can test it by looking directly at the LED light of your smartphone you should only be able to see the bulbs I see two tiny orange circles surrounded by darkness if you see any light behind a lampshade that's not good if there's any haze not good if it feels uncomfortable bright not good don't play around with maybes it could do permanent damage to your eyesight that you can't feel or notice right away oh and never use this for looking at the Sun through a telescope or camera lens there's a whole other rulebook for those do research before playing around with binoculars and cameras so be safe earthlings I'm Bridget Carey for more eclipse tips and factoids head to cnet.com