MALAGA is one of the 30 Spanish cities that will receive free sunglasses to safely watch the upcoming eclipse.
This is part of the project A unique sight. Take care of it, that unites the Spanish government with ONCE, the national blindness association.
ONCE has prepared more than 2 million officially approved glasses to distribute next week in all of their kiosks. They are preparing citizens for the eclipse of the century in Spain on August 12.
The government has also chosen 30 cities to distribute 300,000 more glasses, one of them being Malaga. Specifically, they can be picked up at the Interactive Museum of Music (MIMMA) from the start of next week.
Experts have warned about the dangers of staring directly at the sun, since beams ultraviolet and infrared lights that can cause permanent damage.The solution is as simple as using adequate protection.
After the consequences of the 2024 eclipse among the United States population, many of whom described (and Googled) feeling ‘sand in their eyes’.
This sensation is the precursor of a phenomenon called eclipse retinopathy.
The vice president of ONCE, Alberto Duran, has stated that they feel grateful because they can only intervene when the visual impairment has already taken place.
“Taking care of people also includes anticipating when you know that, on occasions such as this astronomical phenomenon, these accidents are going to happen”, he stated.
Full list of museums and science centres participating in the campaign:
ANDALUCIA
1. Interactive Music Museum of Malaga – MIMMA
2. Science Park of Andalusia – Granada
ARAGON
3. Aragonese Museum of Paleontology – Teruel
CANARY ISLANDS
4. Museum of Science and the Cosmos – Tenerife
5. Elder Museum of Science and Technology – Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
6. Eyes to the sky – La Palma
CASTILLA-LA MANCHA
7. Science Museum of Castilla-La Mancha (MCCM) – Cuenca
8. Museum of Paleontology of Castilla-La Mancha (MUPA) – Cuenca
CASTILE AND LEON
9. The Light Factory. Energy Museum – Ponferrada
10. Valladolid Science Museum – Valladolid
CATALONIA
11. Museum of Natural Sciences of Barcelona
12. Museum of Mathematics of Catalonia – MMACA – Cornellà de Llobregat
13. Montsec Astronomical Park – Lleida
COMMUNITY OF MADRID
14. National Museum of Science and Technology (MUNCYT) – Alcobendas
15. National Museum of Natural Sciences – Madrid
16. Royal Botanical Garden – Madrid
Chartered Community of Navarre
17. Science Museum, University of Navarra – Pamplona
Valencian Community
18. Big History. Science and Environmental Outreach Center – Aras de los Olmos
19. City of Arts and Sciences of Valencia
20. Botanical Garden of the University of Valencia
21. Alicante Water Museum
22. Natural Science Museum of Valencia
23. Didactic and Interactive Science Museum of the Vega Baja del Segura (MUDIC-VBS-CV)
24. Castellón Planetarium
GALICIA
25. National Museum of Science and Technology (MUNCYT) – A Coruña
26. Coruña Scientific Museums – A Coruña
RIOJA
27. Logroño Science Centre
THE BASQUE COUNTRY
28. Eureka! Zientzia Museoa – San Sebastian
PRINCIPALITY OF ASTURIAS
29. Bioparc Aquarium of Gijón
REGION OF MURCIA
30. Murcia Science and Water Museum
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