Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Email * SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy noticeThe world is set to see one of the most beautiful and unnerving celestial spectacles this week, as the Moon moves in front of the Sun and forms a solar eclipse. And this shows exactly where the eclipse will be visible – and how much you will see. After the 1999 solar eclipse, the Royal College of Ophthalmologists reported about 70 cases of vision problems among viewers. Ordinary sunglasses do not provide adequate protection for viewing a solar eclipse – no matter how dark they may be, the UKHSA said.