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WATERTOWN, Mass. (WBZ NewsRadio) — A total solar eclipse will happen over North America on Monday when the moon passes between Earth and the Sun.
While many people will be safely viewing the eclipse with special glasses or through a handheld viewer, the Perkins School for the Blind is helping its students experience the phenomenon in their own way.
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Students who are completely blind can use a LightSound box, which uses musical tones to signify how light or dark it is during a solar eclipse.
There is also a tactile book by NASA that allows students to experience the eclipse with their fingers like braille.
"It allows us to experience what everyone else gets to experience," 11th grader Sophia told WBZ NewsRadio. "Maybe not in the exact way that everyone else can, but still in a very valid way."
For students with partial sight, STEM teacher Kris Bayne helped them construct viewing boxes and solar glasses built into a paper plate.
"And that’s so we don’t have any accidental light coming in through the glasses to hurt our eyes. Because even if you’re blind, it can still damage your eyes."
WBZ's Suzanne Sausville (@WBZSausville) reports.
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