Students wear protective glasses to view a partial solar eclipse over Schiedam, Netherlands, in June 2021.
Mandatory Credit:	Marco de Swart/ANP/AFP/Getty Images via CNN Newsource

Students wear protective glasses to view a partial solar eclipse over Schiedam, Netherlands, in June 2021.
Mandatory Credit: Marco de Swart/ANP/AFP/Getty Images via CNN Newsource

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