COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. Your Ray-Bans unfortunately wont be enough to view the total solar eclipse.

If you plan on watching the upcoming total solar eclipse, youll want glasses that are ISO certified.

NASA recommends only using brands approved by the American Astronomical Society.

>> Click here to view a list of vendors selling NASA-approved viewing glasses.

Doctors say that watching the phenomenon without proper protection can cause serious eye damage or even blindness.

If you look up directly, even if theres just a sliver of the sun, the light can go into the back of your eye and burn a hole in whats called the macula. The retina is the back of the eye. Theres an optic nerve back there. Off to the side is the macula. So when you look at a period on a piece of paper, that central part of the macula is looking right at that dot. Thats your exact central fixation spot. Thats the spot that gets burnt out from an eclipse if youre not protected properly, said Dr. Richard Gersh with Visionworks.

Experts say you should not try to watch the eclipse with the naked eye, and that regular sunglasses do not provide enough protection.

Read more on how to safely view the solar eclipse here.

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