With the solar eclipse just hours away, Texans may not be able to get eclipse glasses. Here are 7 safe alternatives you can use at home.

From watching the light pass through tree leaves to peering into a modified cereal box. Here's how to view the 2024 solar eclipse without glasses.

If you cannot find certified glasses, there are other ways to view the eclipse, including with a shadow box you can make yourself. Whatever you do, don't look at the sun without proper protection.

Using a colander, you can watch the light pass ... and you can also use a cereal box for it. Fingers can also make good pinholes. To view the partial eclipse with your hands, hold both of them ...

Folks made their own eclipse viewers out of cereal boxes and clapped and cheered as the Earth's moon took her spin across the sun. Will we be able to experience another eclipse any time soon?