A day or two ago, the “ring of fire” solar eclipse could be seen across the United States. It is called such because of the way that the moon blocks the sun to show a bright yellowish orange glow around the silhouette of the moon. We all know that it’s harmful to the human eyes to look directly into a solar eclipse, so we generally look at them through a film to obscure our vision slightly. However, that is not the case for visually-impaired people. Nevertheless, there is one way for them to experience a solar eclipse through sound.
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Through a device called “LightSound”, members of the BLV (blind or low vision) community, can actually hear what a solar eclipse sounds like. It works by light sensors converts the amount of sunlight passing through the device into sound. As the moon creeps in to cover the sun, the tone will become deeper, and as the eclipse begins to vanish, it will register higher tones. To hear it for yourself, check out the sound bite from TPR. – via NPR
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Source: neatorama