About the eclipse, I assume you can view it through your Phone camera without

[Baitball Blogger]

fear of damage to the eye? Anyone know if there's any science to back it up?

[KatyMan]

1. this from space.com

https://www.space.com/37891-photograph-solar-eclipse-with-cell-phone.html?utm_content=buffer4de6f&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook

Tip No. 1: Use a filter to protect your screen.
Tip No. 2: Protect your eyes while photographing the partial eclipse

More details at link

[TexasProgresive]

2. Sure it won't hurt your eye looking at the screen

and will last until the sun burns out the camera chip. You won't know until you try. The "experts" are suggesting putting the special glasses in front of cameras. But it won't hurt your eyes, maybe your pocket book.

[pnwmom]

8. The screen, yes! But no one should look at it through the viewfinder. n/t

[TexasProgresive]

15. Now you are talking about a camera and not a phone.

Looking through a viewfinder would probably be as dangerous as looking directly. On Single Lens Reflex the image (light) is just passed through the main lens to the eye. On other cameras it is pretty much direct. I would not do it.

[Lotusflower70]

3. On the weather channel

They said to put the phone behind the eclipse glasses to prevent damage to your phone.

[Ms. Toad]

4. Here.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/bluesky/originals/ct-bsi-eclipse-photography-20170818-story.html

(Contrary to most articles I've seen, this suggests it is unlikely to burn out your camera.)

[dchill]

5. Here's a fact: by tonight, there will be...

scads of excellent eclipse photos and videos all over the internet. Why risk your eyes OR your camera? Seriously.

[dalton99a]

6. From NASA:

https://eclipse2017.nasa.gov/can-i-photograph-eclipse-my-smartphone

[Roland99]

7. Considering how long I've held my phone up for pics...

Where the sun was in the background and I'd tap the sun on the screen to reduce exposure and my phone still works perfectly, not sure how I'd damage it with a few secs of video today

If we even see it. Gotten rather cloudy the last couple of hrs here in central FL

[pnwmom]

10. The risk would be to your eyes if you looked through the viewfinder, which concentrates the sun.

Only look at the screen.

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2017/08/21/cell-phone-total-solar-eclipse/

[Roland99]

13. No viewfinder on the phone so I should be ok

[Baitball Blogger]

11. Yup. I think I even heard rumbling on the dog walk.

[pnwmom]

9. Not safe through the viewfinder.

Okay though the screen.

More here:

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2017/08/21/cell-phone-total-solar-eclipse/

[jberryhill]

12. Focusing an image of the sun on the image detector of the camera is not the best idea

You know how you can use a lens to focus an image of the sun onto things and burn them?

That is what happens inside of a camera as well.

[snooper2]

14. The power of the corona will increase the radiation emitted from your smart phone

You'll want to keep it at least six feet away from your face while viewing.