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Not when the skies are cloudy and rain is in the forecast question everything Apr 6 #1

Yet, when the sun comes out again you can still try it! mysteryowl Apr 6 #3

That's cool! Fla Dem Apr 6 #2

Yep! mysteryowl Apr 6 #4

Danger Will Robinson Dear_Prudence Apr 6 #5

Dear_Prudence is correct! A much safer DIY filter is 2 layers of Pop-Tart wrappers William Seger Apr 6 #6

The last solar eclipse was several years ago and I posted this method here... brush Apr 6 #7

Crank your welding helmet to #14 Hermit-The-Prog Apr 7 #8

We bought ours at a Casey's gas station. Emile Apr 7 #9

question everything

(47,614 posts)

1. Not when the skies are cloudy and rain is in the forecast

Reply to mysteryowl (Original post)

Sat Apr 6, 2024, 11:06 AM

Apr 6

mysteryowl

(7,443 posts)

3. Yet, when the sun comes out again you can still try it!

Reply to question everything (Reply #1)

Sat Apr 6, 2024, 11:08 AM

Apr 6

Eclipse or no eclipse

Fla Dem

(23,898 posts)

2. That's cool!

Reply to mysteryowl (Original post)

Sat Apr 6, 2024, 11:08 AM

Apr 6

Thanks for posting.

mysteryowl

(7,443 posts)

4. Yep!

Reply to Fla Dem (Reply #2)

Sat Apr 6, 2024, 11:10 AM

Apr 6

Just think of all the people around the world that don't have $20 dollars for "solar glasses" and they want to participate.
If they have a candle and piece of glass they can do it!

Dear_Prudence

(416 posts)

5. Danger Will Robinson

Reply to mysteryowl (Original post)

Sat Apr 6, 2024, 01:11 PM

Apr 6

We went to a talk on the eclipse by astronomer Dean Rega, retired from Cincinnati Observatory. He told us that smoked glass is not safe for viewing the eclipse. In this case, penny-wise is pound-foolish.

William Seger

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6. Dear_Prudence is correct! A much safer DIY filter is 2 layers of Pop-Tart wrappers

Reply to mysteryowl (Original post)

Sat Apr 6, 2024, 01:34 PM

Apr 6

If you can't find the glasses anywhere (I saw some yesterday in a gas station), I saw a study a few years back that compared 2 layers of Pop-Tart wrappers to several of the paper glasses and found them to be very similar in blocking visible light and actually slightly more effective in blocking infrared and UV.

Edit, I found the study: https://library.imaging.org/ei/articles/30/16/art00009

brush

(53,978 posts)

7. The last solar eclipse was several years ago and I posted this method here...

Reply to mysteryowl (Original post)

Sat Apr 6, 2024, 02:57 PM

Apr 6

all kinds of negative feed back came but since I learned it years ago from a science teacher, I knew it worked. A regular room candle works better and faster than the little, birthday cake candle used in this video.

It works, you see the sun, an orange orb thru the smoked glass, and since you only view it briefly and not stare into it for hours as the eclipse progresses, it doesn't hurt you eyes...just as one can glance up at the bright sun briefly without hurting your eyes.

Only idiots like TSF stare into the sun for a long period of time without smoked glass or other eclipse aids.

Hermit-The-Prog

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8. Crank your welding helmet to #14

Reply to mysteryowl (Original post)

Sun Apr 7, 2024, 06:57 AM

Apr 7

Or make a pinhole projector

https://www.nps.gov/articles/eclipsesafety.htm

Emile

(23,227 posts)

9. We bought ours at a Casey's gas station.

Reply to mysteryowl (Original post)

Sun Apr 7, 2024, 07:24 AM

Apr 7