First, we needed to make box viewers because we are too cheap to spend money on the special glasses, and I didn’t even think about a lens for my camera.
We didn’t want to travel to Oregon to view the total eclipse so we decided to view it from home where we have ninty-three percent coverage. Our house is surrounded by trees so we decided to take a ferry ride to view the phenomenon. First, we needed to make box viewers because we are too cheap to spend money on the special glasses, and I didn’t even think about a lens for my camera. This family had several simple viewers. This was a box with a lid. They put their pinhole in the lid and held the lid up toward the sun and viewed the eclipse on the bottom of the box. They also used the same concept with paper plates. One had the pinhole and the other served as the projection screen. Below: This is an unusual number of boaters for a Monday morning. Lots of people seemed to think the open water was a good place to get an unobstructed view of the eclipse.
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AuthorDelinda McCann is a social psychologist, author, avid organic gardener and amateur musician. Archives
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