It's in the Stars!
>> June 5, 2012 –
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Tonight at 4:30, that little planet of beauty and love, Venus, will use all her feminine wiles to do something she rarely does: upstage the sun! That's right, it's the Venus eclipse tonight, and it only happens twice, one right after the other, every 100 or so years. Venus is a tiny thing, and cannot actually block out the sun, so her eclipse is more of a silhouetted dance across the face of the sun!
If you are planning to watch, be sure you take the proper precautions--never ever look directly at an eclipse, or use any magnification lenses such as binoculars or a telescope. SO how can you see the show? A pin hole camera! This age old (think Leonardo D'Vinci), rather simple science allows you to watch a projection of the event, with the use of a camera obscura. There are directions all over the internet for making them and in my search I came across some creative versions of these fantastic cameras.
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| This beauty at RetroThing by Corbis Readymech |
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| Book Cameras from Anthropologie |
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| Recycled Paper Pulp Cameras at CameraTalk |
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| A cardboard Collapsable Camera from the 1800's |
Are you headed out to see Venus do her dance? If so email pictures to me!
