Today we saw a partial solar eclipse from the roof of AKT’s building. There were a lot of people there to watch it. It was not a total eclipse, but pretty nice anyway.
I build a box with a pair of binoculars in it to project the image of the sun onto a piece of paper. Yes, NCSU packing tape was used in the construction.
This is the business end of the box:
We, of course, had a picnic with sandwiches and cheese:
Here is an image of the sun and moon as the eclipse was just starting:
Then the eclipse started progressing:
The eclipse progressed a little more (I’m not an artist):
Others started getting into the act. Catie is an artist:
AKT added one also:
You can also use a colander to project images as if it were a lot of pin-hole projectors:
The result looks nice:
Others (don’t know who) got into it:
And there was this:
Everyone had a good time.