Sunday, May 20, 2012

Day #131: Solar Eclipse

So there was a solar eclipse today, that could be seen in Arizona.   I almost forgot, but thankfully a buddy of mine texted me to remind me.
Now you are not supposed to look at a solar eclipse directly or even with regular sunglasses.  You need fancy glasses.
Well - I don't have fancy glasses, so per the internet, you can view it upside down through a pin hole.
Take a piece of paper, cardboard, etc - put a pin hole in it and then reflect the eclipse onto another piece of paper.  See below

Ohhh.... Ahh....

A pic of me holding my pin hole piece of trader joe bag in my mouth, while trying to take a picture of the eclipse with my other hand.  

Then I got smarter.  To make the image bigger separate the pieces of paper more.

So I taped it.  My shadow with pinhole paper.
Eclipse is on the paper taped to the door, but you can't see it.  Just trust me.

Ohh....Ahhh....

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