President's Day / Family day - whatever you want to call it, we're enjoying it outside in the sunshine! See you tomorrow, we promise!
Solar Eclipse at SB
Solarbotics Ltd
August 21, 2017
Today August 21, 2017, we were treated to about 80% solar eclipse. In spite of the smoke, the weather cooperated so we couldn't miss this event.
Pinhole projector boxes were made out of cereal and shipping boxes:
Fancy ones were mounted onto a tripod, and a phone camera recording a time lapse video was taped to the box:
And the huge walk-in pinhole projector was great:
Video of Shadows of the Leaves During the Eclipse
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