How to tell if YOUR solar eclipse glasses are safe as fakes flood Amazon - ... trends now

Experts are urging people to check their glasses are safe to view the solar eclipse through - if not, it could lead to people's eyes being torched.

Regular sunglasses are no good because they don't block enough visible, ultraviolet, or infrared light. The same is true of telescopes and binoculars without filters.

Eclipse viewing glasses that block out 99 percent of ultraviolet light have been sold out for weeks in may places, while fakes flooded Amazon, eBay, and Temu. 

Fortunately, there's a simple way to determine whether the glasses you bought are going to protect your eyes from searing. 

And if you waited too long to buy glasses, or yours are fake, there are simple eclipse viewers you can make at home from a cereal box or paper plates. 

The only glasses you should use to glimpse the celestial phenomenon are those that meet international standard ISO 12312-2, according to the American Optometric Association (AOA). 

This standard, set by the International Organization for Standardization, specifies that the glasses in question reduce visible sunlight to safe levels and block both ultraviolet and infrared radiation.

Ultraviolet radiation is the one that is most harmful to the retina, whereas infrared radiation can generate heat that causes thermal damage.

If you bought eclipse glasses, they should have the 'ISO 12312-2' label somewhere on them.

Oftentimes it is on the arm.

It may also be written as 'ISO 12312-2:2015,' which means the same thing.

In either case, your glasses should protect you. 

Even though President Donald Trump snuck a peek in 2017, it is not safe to look right at an eclipse because it can burn the retinas in your eyes - the part that captures light and sends the signals to your brain.