Advertisement How to make a pinhole camera For this viewer, all you need is some paper, aluminium foil, scissors and a pen. Cut a hole in the middle of one piece of paper, and cover it in foil. Stick the foil in place and punch a small hole in the middle of it using a pen, ne...
This is what is called a "pinhole viewer". You stand with your back to the sun, so the Sun can shine through the hole with the foil. You look into the hole without the foil. You will see the sunlight shine on the white paper, and as the eclipse occurs, you will see the solar e...
CBS Pittsburgh meteoroligist Ray Petelindemonstrated an easy step-by-step on how to make a cereal box pinhole viewer, which you can watch below. Doctors share how to make sure your eclipse viewers are safe "Theoretically, since you are not looking directly to the sun during the eclipse or ...
OK, you want to view the Sun or an eclipse, but you don’t have an approved solar filter for your telescope. Maybe you don’t even have a telescope. No problem! I’ll bet you have a cardboard box. That and a few common supplies will let you build a pinhole camera/viewer that yo...
It's easier than trying to find eclipse glasses at this point. And better for your eyes than staring directly at the sun.
Instead, NASA advises wearing a pair of approved solar eclipse glasses, or viewing the phenomenon indirectly through a handheld eclipse viewer. If you don't have any of those things on hand, don't stress; the best way to view an eclipse is through a simple pinhole camera, which can be ...
Child looks through a pinhole made from a cereal box to view the solar eclipse along the waterfront near the Children's Museum in Boston, Aug. 21, 2017. (Credit: Keith Bedford/The Boston Globe via Getty Images) Here is how you can make your own (and trust us, it’s simple). ...
"Good Morning America" shows you how to make a cereal box for the eclipse viewer, Aug. 21, 2017.ABC How to use it Take your pinhole projector outside and face away from the sun so that its light shines into the pinhole. Look through the hole you did not cove...
What to Do: The concept of a pinhole projector ©timeanddate.com To make a quick version of the pinhole projector, take a sheet of paper and make a tiny hole in the middle of it using a pin or a thumbtack. Make sure that the hole is round and smooth. ...
How to make a solar eclipse viewer 5 easy steps: Step 1: Cut a small hole (about 1 inch across) in one end of the shoe box, near an edge. Step 2: Tape a piece of tinfoil over the hole. Step 3: Using a pin or needle, punch a hole in the center of the foil. Step 4: Ta...