The safest way is to project the sun's image on a piece of paper in a darkened room - just don't look at it directly. Galileo lost his eyesight from doing that.
Solar Eclipse
The moon and the solar system. When the moons blocks the sun from an Earth view, it is a solar eclipse. When the sun blocks the moon from an Earth view, it is a lunar eclipse.
Build an indirect solar eclipse viewer following the directions at the link.
-- During a partial solar eclipse, part of the sun is obscured from our view (by the moon) and the rest of it is still there. -- During a total solar eclipse, the entire disk of the sun is obscured from our view (by the moon).
This is a solar eclipse, specifically a total eclipse (Total solar eclipse I think is how you would word it).
The next solar eclipse in the UK area is on March 20, 2015. It will be a total solar eclipse, lasting around 2.5 minutes. However, you will only be able to view the eclipse from Faroes.However, the next solar eclipse in the actual UK is on September 23, 2090. Also a total solar eclipse, you can view best from the south-west of Cornwall.
No it is not.
Yes. Among others, there are eclipse photos on spaceweather.com.
No, polarized sunglasses are not safe for viewing a solar eclipse. Specialized solar viewing glasses or handheld solar viewers are recommended to protect your eyes from the sun's harmful rays during an eclipse.
The astronaut on the moon would observe a solar eclipse. This is because the Earth is blocking the Sun from the astronaut's point of view, similar to how the Moon blocks the Sun during a solar eclipse seen from Earth.
Yes,this is called solar eclipse.
No, it is not safe to view the eclipse with sunglasses. Sunglasses do not provide enough protection for your eyes when looking directly at the sun during an eclipse. It is recommended to use special eclipse glasses or other certified solar viewing devices to safely view the eclipse.