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An eclipse for everyone – how visually impaired students can ‘get a feel for’ eclipses

  • Written by Cassandra Runyon, Professor of Geology & Environmental Geosciences, College of Charleston
An eclipse for everyone – how visually impaired students can ‘get a feel for’ eclipsesA solar eclipse approaching totality. AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File

Many people in the U.S. will have an opportunity to witness nearly four minutes of a total solar eclipse on Monday, April 8, 2024, as it moves from southern Texas to Maine. But in the U.S., over 7 million people are blind or visually impaired and may not be able to experience an...

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