Solar eclipse glasses sold out in Iceland By Birgir Olgeirsson 19. mars 2015 17:15 The solar eclipse glasses sold out in Iceland. Vísir/GVA Do you want to watch the solar eclipse tomorrow but haven´t got the required glasses? Tough luck, because the solar eclipse glasses are sold out in Iceland. Don´t bother looking in other countries in Europe because there are none left there either, says Sævar Helgi Bragason, head of Seltjarnarnes Astronomy Club. Sævar Helgi told Vísir on Wednesday that the club received 72.000 solar eclipse glasses and they sold out very quickly. "The demand was much greater than the supply and the glasses also sold out in Europe so we could not get any more." The next best solution for those who want to watch the solar eclipse is to use welding glasses but otherwise Sævar Helgi recommends that people who own solar eclipse glasses simply share them with others. Because the glasses are sold out the demand has risen. The glasses were originally sold for 500 krónur (3 US dollars) but now people who own them are offered a much higher sum. For example, all elementary schools in Iceland got glasses for free for all students from the Seltjarnarnes Astronomy Club but as Vísir reported today a headmaster of an elementary school was offered 5000 krónur for each pair of glasses. News in English Tengdar fréttir Watch the eclipse live from Iceland The broadcast starts at 08:30 a.m. GMT. 19. mars 2015 16:30 Mest lesið „Ef ekkert breytist þá erum við að fara á hausinn“ Innlent Nemandinn ákærður fyrir tilraun til manndráps Innlent Stefna íslenska ríkinu vegna andláts tveggja ára dóttur Innlent Fjölskyldur birta myndskeið af blóðugum gíslum Hamas-liða Erlent Fjóla felldi hreinan meirihluta Innlent Jón sendir valgreiðslukröfur í heimabanka stuðningsmanna sinna Innlent Annar umdeildur fáni hékk við annað hús dómara Erlent Segja fiskiolíu geta aukið líkurnar á gáttatifi og heilablóðfalli Erlent Enginn axli ábyrgð á mistökum sem leiddu til andláts ungra barna Innlent Skipsbrak varpar ljósi á harmleik undan Vestfjörðum fyrir 72 árum Innlent
Do you want to watch the solar eclipse tomorrow but haven´t got the required glasses? Tough luck, because the solar eclipse glasses are sold out in Iceland. Don´t bother looking in other countries in Europe because there are none left there either, says Sævar Helgi Bragason, head of Seltjarnarnes Astronomy Club. Sævar Helgi told Vísir on Wednesday that the club received 72.000 solar eclipse glasses and they sold out very quickly. "The demand was much greater than the supply and the glasses also sold out in Europe so we could not get any more." The next best solution for those who want to watch the solar eclipse is to use welding glasses but otherwise Sævar Helgi recommends that people who own solar eclipse glasses simply share them with others. Because the glasses are sold out the demand has risen. The glasses were originally sold for 500 krónur (3 US dollars) but now people who own them are offered a much higher sum. For example, all elementary schools in Iceland got glasses for free for all students from the Seltjarnarnes Astronomy Club but as Vísir reported today a headmaster of an elementary school was offered 5000 krónur for each pair of glasses.
News in English Tengdar fréttir Watch the eclipse live from Iceland The broadcast starts at 08:30 a.m. GMT. 19. mars 2015 16:30 Mest lesið „Ef ekkert breytist þá erum við að fara á hausinn“ Innlent Nemandinn ákærður fyrir tilraun til manndráps Innlent Stefna íslenska ríkinu vegna andláts tveggja ára dóttur Innlent Fjölskyldur birta myndskeið af blóðugum gíslum Hamas-liða Erlent Fjóla felldi hreinan meirihluta Innlent Jón sendir valgreiðslukröfur í heimabanka stuðningsmanna sinna Innlent Annar umdeildur fáni hékk við annað hús dómara Erlent Segja fiskiolíu geta aukið líkurnar á gáttatifi og heilablóðfalli Erlent Enginn axli ábyrgð á mistökum sem leiddu til andláts ungra barna Innlent Skipsbrak varpar ljósi á harmleik undan Vestfjörðum fyrir 72 árum Innlent