Solar eclipse sparks scramble for protective glasses across Europe
The scramble for protective glasses has reached fever pitch across Europe ahead of Wednesday’s rare total solar eclipse, as pharmacies, opticians and other shops struggled to keep them in stock.“Two boxes just came in with 100 pairs in total — they were gone in 30 minutes,” he told AFP as a stream of eclipse enthusiasts filed in the store, by chance or word of mouth, and an employee fielded non-stop phone enquiries.
She contrasted it with the 1999 eclipse, when more than 30 million approved glasses were distributed nationwide.
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