Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. STONY POINT ‒ George Melis wants to help people get a safe and long look at Monday's solar eclipse. So the 15-year-old is holding ...

STONY POINT, New York (WABC) -- With the solar eclipse just days away, a high school student in Rockland County has come up with a do-it-yourself solution to viewing the celestial experience safely.

STONY POINT ‒ George Melis wants to help people get a safe and long look at Monday's solar eclipse. So the 15-year-old is holding workshops to help people build their own solar eclipse cereal box ...

George Melis of West Nyack demonstrates how to build a cereal box eclipse viewer at Cornell Cooperative Extension in Stony Point April 2, 2024.

Not all eclipse glasses meet current international standards and some recommend limited viewing time. It's not safe to look through a camera lens, telescope or binoculars without a proper solar filter ...