eclipse.

But unfortunately for local astronomers, the path of totality will only spread across the Caribbean islands of Aruba, Curacao and the Lesser Antilles.

Bermuda will experience a partial eclipse as the moon moves across the lower half of the sun around 1.25 p.m.

At this time, the moon will start to nibble at the lower right edge of the sun until it passes over the face around 3.45 p.m.

The Astronomical Society of Bermuda warns that looking at an eclipse with the naked eye may result in serious retinal damage.

The use of sunglasses, smoked glass, filters or exposed film are also not recommended as these techniques do not give sufficient protection against the sun's harmful rays beyond the visible spectrum.

The Astronomical Society yesterday thanked teachers for taking the time to alert students about the potential dangers.

They said three advised methods of witnessing the eclipse are: Projecting the image through a pinhole in a card onto another white card; Placing a white object under a tree so that the sunlight filtering through the overlapping leaves can reproduce the crescent shape of the eclipsed sun; and Pointing a telescope toward the sun and without looking through the lens, project the eyepiece image onto a white wall, card or sheet.