Forget Special Glasses—For the Best Views of the Eclipse You Just Need a DIY Pinhole
I was in middle school the last time a major solar eclipse passed over my hometown. Some teachers supplied us with glasses and others helped us build viewers from cereal boxes, and we went outside for the big moment. It was okay, I guess. But when I got home, my mother told me how she saw the eclipse.
She told me that she stepped outside with her co-workers, and ended up sitting by a tree. And she noticed the shadow of its leaves on the ground. Everywhere there was a little gap between the leaves, each spot of light was in the same crescent shape as the eclipsed sun.
And if you’re caught outside without any equipment at all, just cross your fingers—literally, with a tiny bit of daylight in between them—and take a look at your shadow. Like the guy in the image, you’ll be holding an eclipse in the palm of your hand.
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