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2024 Solar Eclipse

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.
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.
 
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.....
 
We’re sitting outside as the partial is happening! 3:04 pm EST is when totality starts for us. Exciting!!!
 
We just came back in. 90% here for us at 2:05 central. No one else in the parking lot was as excited as I was LOL.
 
HI:

I been following NASA coverage. Its excellent! Thrilling to see! I got a bit teary bc it is so special .

cheers--Sharon
 
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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Our friend’s photos.
He’s an astronomer.
He lives in South Carolina

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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.
 
monarch64 said:
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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Well said, Monnie!
 
Was rather cloudy here earlier, then it went pitch black, but we did have a good view of the eclipse.
 
DD got this today. It's the max we got here. I won't show you my itty bitty cereal box image. :roll2:

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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.
 
Garnetgirl said:
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.
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Luckie Duckie!!!!
 
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.
 
monarch64 said:
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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Your post made me emotional Monnie.
 
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.
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ItsMainelyYou said:
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.
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These are incredible photos, ItsMainelyYou! Was she using a telescope?
 
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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'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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