 it's okay if you want to but it's you don't need it for the eclipse okay but here's the deal no matter where you are in the united states head to science.nasa.gov that's science.nasa.gov and they have this beautiful eclipse map and you can see how it's going to affect you it's really going to be seen all throughout the country i mean 49 as far as coverage in the state of california 84 of the eclipse can be seen in atlanta