Howdy, boys and girls! I’m writing early in the AM because today, July 22nd, is a one in a one hundred year opportunity to catch a full fledge solar eclipse.
So if you’re in South Korea pop outside at 11am and behold the galactic glory in all its wonderment. Though, be sure to take precautions. Here is a tid bit plucked from the internet ether to help you out.
The best way to view (I did not believe this as a kid, but I tried it and it works GREAT) is to take a medium sized, lightweight cardboard box with the top open, punch a very small hole (you may have to adjust hole size a bit, but you can practice on the sun itself, before the eclipse) on one end of the box. Point the hole at the sun and watch the image inside the box on the end of the box opposite the hole. You will be surprised.
The image viewed will be pretty small but, if your hole is smooth and round, it will be clear and without glare. You can easily see the progression of the eclipse, something difficult to do with glasses.
Still, I think all that blindness stuff is just malarkey so if someone would be obliged to test my theory I would be grateful and if need be I’ll pitch in for a walking stick for you.
Enjoy!
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Brian
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I’m a blogger, writer, and teacher. I’ve been working in South Korea’s ESL field for the last three years. My one year contract has unexpectedly turned into a journey that I’m still on and loving.
I feel so gyped! I didn’t see snything. It was so cloudy! Darn my once in a 100 year shot gone!
Today I watched the eclipse with my kids (students that is) and we actually watched through various layers of clear colored plastic… I don’t exactly know how it works, but we could see it really well.
I heard that in China & India there will be the longest solar eclipses of the century. What if massive typhoons hit both countries & you couldn’t observe the eclipses?