What to expect:
We decided to go out to a park to experience the eclipse. It was a hot and sunny, sunny day with a cloudless sky. As is always cool, you get to see the crescents projected onto the ground from pin pricks in card to the light between leaves on the ground.
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| Once you make it bigger you see the crescent on the paper. |
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| The crescents made by the leaves |
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| And again projected onto a fire engine |
It never really got dark, well it didn't seem dark. But wow, once the moon had moved enough and the sun was shining at full strength.... it was hot and bright indeed.
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| Yes, it's a squirrel, but you'll also notice the leaves are projecting full circles again. |
The world didn't end, the earth is still round, earthquakes were not sparked off. It was more of a geek fest, and "Total Eclipse of the Heart" has b
ecome number one on iTunes as people needed a backing track to the darkness.
Wow! How cool to see that! And I had no idea about the crescents through the leaves - I guess it's the same principle as the pinhole, though :-)
ReplyDeleteYep, that's right. It was cool to see it.
ReplyDeleteThe crescents through the trees really surprised me too.
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