So many people had traveled to another part of the country to see the total solar eclipse – when the Moon is between the Sun and Earth and blocks the sun from our view – while I stayed exactly where I was. It was just another normal day for me until a friend walked by with a paper plate.
“Do you want to see the solar eclipse?”
“Sure, why not?”
He had a hole in his paper plate, and held it up to the sun. He pointed at the shadow – we were able to see a projection of the sun with the moon blocking part of it!
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We also tried to take a photo of the sun, but the window was too dirty and could only see reflections from the lens.
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As we were admiring the shadows from the paper plate, someone walked over with eclipse glasses. I tried them on. It was SO dark! I was able to look at the sun with the eclipse glasses! It looked so cool. I was also able to take a photo through the glasses.
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Since I had never really paid much attention to the past solar eclipses, this was a really cool experience. From first looking at the shadow through a paper plate to looking through the eclipse glasses, it just got better and better. I am excited for the next one! Maybe I’ll travel somewhere to see the total solar eclipse too.