VO-BB - 19 YEARS OLD!

[chrisvoco]

I had never noticed before. Yikes. Guess I need some trees here in my basement.


and windows, too...
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[Lee Gordon]

[Rick Riley]

I remember a bit in I did on my morning radio show around 1978 in preparation for a total eclipse. We were going to try to blow a giant pinhole in the moon, so we could look at the eclipse through that instead of a piece of cardboard. We built a giant Whoopee Cushion and were going to have a guy bounce up and down on it with rockets strapped to his feet in an effort to launch him to the moon. He was carrying a giant exploding cigar that was supposed to blow the pinhole once he got there. We called it ‘Whoopee Cushion to Totality’. It was a long time ago so I don’t remember if it worked or not, but it was great theater of the mind and we made the bit last for about a week, which was my goal in the first place, so that worked pretty well!
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[Foog]

I'm going to try the "project it on paper" method I just read about online. (it's on the internet, so it can't fail!) Get some binoculars. Cap the one side. Line up the uncapped side with a piece of paper on the ground, the other end pointing at the sun. Apparently, with some judicious focus tweaks and moving it about, you get a lovely projection. It ain't no tree, but I may give it a shot
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Andrew Fogarasi

[ccpetersen]

I'll be viewing through eclipse shades.

But yeah, the pinhole camera is a good way, too.

I wrote about the eclipse here:

http://space.about.com/
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[Foog]

Stupid clouds. I hope you're happy, you ruined my kids' evening. grumble grumble grumble.
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Andrew Fogarasi