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:

Inside the cardboard box showing the start of the solar ecplipse

Fancy ones were mounted onto a tripod, and a phone camera recording a time lapse video was taped to the box:

Mobile phone attached to the cardboard box while recording the solar eclipse time lapse.

And the huge walk-in pinhole projector was great:

Woman looking at the solar eclipse through the cardboard box viewer

Video of Shadows of the Leaves During the Eclipse

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