ISU class helps kids take a safe look at the eclipse

The rain cleared and the clouds parted just enough Aug. 21 afternoon for Calhoun County residents to take a glimpse at the solar eclipse.
Iowa State University Extension helped about a dozen county students safely look at the moon blocking about 93 percent of the sun from a vantage point in Rockwell City.
“It would blind you if you looked (too) long,” Redge Potts of Lytton said, explaining why he was making a pinhole viewer with a cardboard box.
Samantha Potts said she was excited to test out her viewer.
“I wanted to see the eclipse,” she said. “I’ve never seen one before.”
Read more in the Aug. 30 edition.