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Solar Eclipse Shoes in the Classroom

Explanation: The total solar eclipse of March 8/9 will be the only total eclipse in 2016. The New Moon's dark shadow traces a limited, narrow path across planet Earth for viewing the total phase, making landfall in Indonesia and mostly tracking across the Pacific Ocean. A much larger region will be witness to a partially eclipsed Sun though, and safely viewing the eclipse can actually be very easy. One technique is demonstrated in this shoe group portrait from a classroom in Rosenfeld, Germany, taken during March 2015's solar eclipse. With blinds closed to darken the room, each threaded hole in the window blind creates a pinhole camera, projecting multiple images of the eclipsed sun that march across the floor. Other viewing alternatives include eclipse glasses and a comfortable chair, but be sure to wear a fashionable eclipse shirt.

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Using Stellarium...will not be able to see it at my location...look forward to the best seat in the house....with pictures, and video from Indonesia and onwards...

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Boomer12k wrote:Using Stellarium...will not be able to see it at my location...look forward to the best seat in the house....with pictures, and video from Indonesia and onwards...

There's live coverage from NASA and Slooh, see: http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?t=35703

Surely this has NEVER happened before: the ESPOD is identical to the APOD! http://epod.usra.edu/blog/

Something similar happened when I was at a Boy Scout camp. Camp consulars were fumbling around with a telescope and solar filters when someone noticed that all crescent shaped spots on the ground. The gaps between the leaves in the trees were acting as 1000's of pin hole lenses.

The grand scale makes this one of my favorite examples.
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap090820.html