2024 Solar Eclipse
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I made a pinhole projector using a cereal box-- this video shows how (very easy):
An article in WaPo says you can also see projected images through leaves on trees, or through a colander (!) or even your crossed fingers.
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A reader posted a comment saying that you can project an image of the eclipse using binoculars, reversed; the sunlight passes through the large lens first, then through the eyepiece lens, onto a piece of paper or posterboard that you lay on the ground. We just tried this and can see the image of the full sun on the paper so it should work well for projecting the eclipse. (It should be needless to say-- but I'll say it anyway-- do NOT view the sun directly through the binoculars! Only use the binoculars to project the image onto paper.)
A handheld telescope should also work to project an image onto paper if pointed toward the sun backwards.
An article in WaPo says you can also see projected images through leaves on trees, or through a colander (!) or even your crossed fingers.
Gift link to WaPo article:
A reader posted a comment saying that you can project an image of the eclipse using binoculars, reversed; the sunlight passes through the large lens first, then through the eyepiece lens, onto a piece of paper or posterboard that you lay on the ground. We just tried this and can see the image of the full sun on the paper so it should work well for projecting the eclipse. (It should be needless to say-- but I'll say it anyway-- do NOT view the sun directly through the binoculars! Only use the binoculars to project the image onto paper.)
A handheld telescope should also work to project an image onto paper if pointed toward the sun backwards.
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we are in the path of almost a complete eclipse, traffic is already nuts in our little burg, kids got out of school early...I got my glasses and hubby has a welders helmet that might even be better to use.....
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Yes, but did you eat Oreos?!
I thought those were Eclipse Pies
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By the time I figured out how to try to get a photo through the glasses and iphone (and also reduce exposure on the phone) it was almost over here. But at our peak 92% totality it got pretty chilly and looked like dusk. And the birds were going nuts. Wish I had figured out the photo thing earlier.
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This was one of the coolest planetary events I’ve witnessed in my lifetime. During the partial eclipse leading up to totality we just kind of sat in silence. I was thinking how at peace I felt and I got a little emotional as I realized that, just sitting still, I was happy. 4 minutes of a complete eclipse was amazing. Made me stop and think about how fortunate I am and how nice it is not to be in constant survival mode anymore.
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Super cloudy here, today, so no hint of the eclipse, which was in the 10 percentile, I think.
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Well said, Monnie!
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DD got this today. It's the max we got here. I won't show you my itty bitty cereal box image.
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A beautiful warm, sunny day, no clouds, in the path of totality. It was amazing.
April is usually cold , cloudy and rainy, so we were fortunate to have clear skies and a warm 15°. It cooled off during totality, and got a bit windy for several minutes.
I didn’t take any photos; too lazy to figure it out! It’s an unforgettable memory anyway. My first and last total eclipse.
April is usually cold , cloudy and rainy, so we were fortunate to have clear skies and a warm 15°. It cooled off during totality, and got a bit windy for several minutes.
I didn’t take any photos; too lazy to figure it out! It’s an unforgettable memory anyway. My first and last total eclipse.
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Luckie Duckie!!!!
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It was amazing. I was really stressed out because what is a normally incredibly sunny area was cloudy! But thankfully it was back-and-forth, so we got to see the corona and of course the darkness was extraordinary. I’m so happy I witnessed it.
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Your post made me emotional Monnie.
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It’s been a long road for all of us, hasn’t it?
Anything else I could say will sound trite so I won’t go on.
I will say that I appreciate you, and so many other members of this site, and the site itself, beyond belief. Xoxo
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These were some of the snaps that my kid took. It was just beautiful. She captured Bailey's beads and plasma. We looked hard but couldn't see the 'horned devil' comet. The shadows were a trip. I made some cool crescent finger shadows I'll have to ask her to send me. We watched all the birds come and roost for the night all at once and then leave confused after.
The very coolest thing we saw were those mystery shadow gravitational bands all over the ground and on the building behind us. We saw them moving all over. It was almost like water reflections but thinner. I'll likely never see them again. It was amazing.
The very coolest thing we saw were those mystery shadow gravitational bands all over the ground and on the building behind us. We saw them moving all over. It was almost like water reflections but thinner. I'll likely never see them again. It was amazing.
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These were some of the snaps that my kid took. It was just beautiful. She captured Bailey's beads and plasma. We looked hard but couldn't see the 'horned devil' comet. The shadows were a trip. I made some cool crescent finger shadows I'll have to ask her to send me. We watched all the birds come and roost for the night all at once and then leave confused after.
The very coolest thing we saw were those mystery shadow gravitational bands all over the ground and on the building behind us. We saw them moving all over. It was almost like water reflections but thinner. I'll likely never see them again. It was amazing.
These are incredible photos, ItsMainelyYou! Was she using a telescope?
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ive been thinking about you all all day
unfortunatly the radio news in this country has not and then i missed the news on tv tonight
i have been worried about our bus driver who some might call a religous nutter
he has called in sick the last two days
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unfortunatly the radio news in this country has not and then i missed the news on tv tonight
i have been worried about our bus driver who some might call a religous nutter
he has called in sick the last two days
'Total Eclipse of the Heart' searches surge on Spotify, iTunes
Excitement over Monday's eclipse is shining new light on a decades-old song.
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