This morning all parts of the UK will experience a partial solar eclipse (the best since 1999 apparently!) but experts have been warning to not look directly at the sun when it happens so what should you do so that you don't miss this wonderful spectacle? Make a pinhole camera of course!
What you need:
- A Cereal Box
- Tinfoil
- A scissors
- White paper
- Sellotape
- Something to make your hole
Firstly, cut out a piece of white paper and sellotape it to the bottom of your cereal box. This will make it easier to see the projected image of the eclipse.
Next, cut two slots either side of your cereal box and tape the middle together.
Cover one of the slots with tinfoil.
I then used a needle to poke a hole in my tinfoil but the size doesn't really matter so you can vary the size with anything you have to hand.
And there you have it. All you have to do is bring your camera out and face your pinhole in the direction of the sun while you look into the box through the other opening - you should then see the projected image of the eclipse not he white paper.
Unfortunately, for me, there were too many clouds so my pinhole camera never got used! All I saw was a cloudy sky change to a slightly darker cloudy sky!
If you want to see what it would have looked out please check out this tutorial from Hilaroad which I followed to create mine.
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