How fast does the moon’s shadow race across America during a total solar eclipse? If you’re watching totality from a location where you can see a lot of land features, you may be able to figure that out. It will essentially extend totality from being about two and a half minutes to about 90 minutes. But because this eclipse is going across the United States, it presents an opportunity for people along the line of the eclipse to contribute their images during totality to the Eclipse Megamovie app. Usually during eclipses scientists only get a few minutes to study the corona before it disappears. The corona is only visible from Earth during a total solar eclipse when it leaks out from behind the moon and creates a ring of faint streamers around it. Their goal is to get a long look at the sun’s mysterious corona, which is its white and wispy outermost layer. Give Back: The Eclipse Megamovie is a wide-scale citizen science project that aims to gather images of the coming eclipse from across the country and stitch them together to provide a continuous view of the event as it travels from the West Coast to the East Coast. Pinhole Activities (You will need to click on translate for this page, but it is worth it.You’ll probably be taking pictures during the eclipse, so why not contribute some of those images to science in addition to your Instagram feed?
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How to Make an Oatmeal Container Pinhole Camera You will look into the left-hand section to view the sun. You will need to hold the camera obscura so the sun is shining through the hole. Then you can attach it to the right-hand section with tape. Before you attach the foil to the box, you will need to place a small hole in the center of it. You can permanently seal this section with clear tape if you like.įinally, you cut out a piece of foil a little bigger than the right-hand section. Next, you will need to close the flaps in the center section. You don’t have to do anything to that area. The side section on the left will be left alone. It will make your camera obscura box much easier to hold. If your cereal boxes lean or squish down when you try holding the box with both hands, you can tape straws or another tall object into the corners on the inside of your box. They will be your viewing sections.īefore work on the viewing sections, you may need to add corner supports to your box. Then will cut the two outside sections away from the box. The middle section should be two or three times bigger than the side sections. You don’t want to cut it into even thirds. You will need to make two partial cuts from either end of the in the top flap. You have just created your camera obscura screen.
Next, you will glue it to the bottom of the inside of the box. Then you will need to cut out the rectangle. You will need to trace the bottom of the cereal box onto the bag from inside the box. Putting the Camera Obscura Together Making the Viewing Screen
Earlier in the week, I showed you how to make a pinhole camera with an oatmeal container and a STEAM solar eclipse paper plate craft.