Solar Eclipse 2025: Is It Safe To Take Photos Of The Sun Using Your Smartphone?

Solar eclipse 2025 on March 29 will be the first of the year and people are excited to view the spectacle, whenever it will be visible. Solar eclipse 2025 will be a partial event so it cannot be viewed in many regions, including India. However, people in other countries have a great chance to capture the event using smartphones or their fancy DSLRs. 

But many experts say that shooting a solar eclipse with your smartphone can be damaging to the lenses which means extra spending to get them fixed or replaced. So, is that true? Can you safely shoot the solar eclipse with your smartphone? Well, NASA has a handy tip for people having these questions and also guide you with how and what you will need to shoot the mega celestial event this week. 

Solar Eclipse 2025: Phone Camera Safe To Shoot? 

NASA is the de-facto source/entity to check up on space-related matters and the Solar eclipse 2025 is one of these events where the agency has the last word. NASA has clearly said that your phone’s sensor could be damaged like any other camera sensor if you point it directly at the sun.

You have many phones in the market that come with telephoto lenses which act as a magnifying lens to help you shoot close-up photos. NASA says using those to capture the solar eclipse is a strict no. You should also avoid using the add-on telephotos lenses that work with different phones. Both come in the same category for NASA and their purpose basically nullifies their use in these cases. 

Use Phones But With Caution 

But are people supposed to not rely on phones to capture these events altogether? Well, that’s not what NASA is saying. In fact, the agency says phone cameras are a reliable shooter in these events as long as you use the right accessory to keep them safe. You can get any of the solar filters and place them in front of the phone’s camera while capturing the solar eclipse. 

These lenses are designed to withstand the harmful rays of the sun and they will protect your phone’s sensor as well. Using these filters mean the powerful telephoto lens becomes the obvious tool to shoot the event. 

If you don’t have filters, there are sunglasses suited to view the eclipse, hold them in front of the phone’s lens and shoot the event. The fact that solar eclipse 2025 is partial means your window of shooting the sun is much wider and dynamic.