eclipse

Are you experiencing solar eclipse mania like everyone else on the planet? If you plan on viewing the eclipse today, you may want to hear this guy out first. If you plan on viewing the solar eclipse today, you certainly aren't alone. However, safety should always be the concern. The eclipse could be a very cool experience but here's a story of a man who didn't have the greatest experience. According to The Washington Post, back in 1962, Lou Tomososki was outside during an eclipse. Fascinated by it, he glanced at it for only a few seconds. Unfortunately, it caused permanent eye damage. To see exactly what can happen to the eyes after just seconds click here.

Bastille is coming to Albany in a few weeks and a simple picture can put you in the running to see the show. Monday is the day that everyone has been talking about for months. A lot of you in the Hudson Valley will be watching the solar eclipse around lunch time. If you are going to view the eclipse on Monday be sure to get a picture or a video. Okay, that was pretty vague. Let me be a little more specific. Send us a picture of you in your eclipse viewing glasses, with friends or of the eclipse itself. Maybe you have one of those viewing boxes. However you will be enjoying the eclipse just let us know. Hell, maybe the closest you'll get to is a pack of eclipse chewing gum. Download the WRRV app here and send us the picture. We'll put you in the running and pull one random winner to see Bastille live at the Palace Theatre in Albany.

Can someone please tell me why the eclipse is so interesting other than saying "it's rare"?

If you're hoping to catch a glimpse of the eclipse on August 21 you're not completely out of luck.

Why is this weekends lunar eclipse "special?"

I have many cliches for todays solar eclipse but not matter what you call it…it's pretty cool stuff. I don't really follow the stars and sun and moon and all that good stuff but that fact that this thing is pulling me into it's gravitational pull is pretty strange. I m...