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Jacopo Bertolotti @jacopobertolotti.com · 05/08/2026

Another very safe option is what is called a pinhole camera. Take an opaque screen (I have successfully used cereal boxes), make a small hole in it, and let the sun shine through it. Beyond (in the shadow of the screen) you will see a very crisp image of the sun, which is very safe to watch. 8/

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Jacopo Bertolotti @jacopobertolotti.com · 05/08/2026

If you want to be romantic (and you live in a place that allows you to do it), you can sit below a tree with a well-developed canopy. The small spaces between the leaves will each behave like a pinhole camera, and you will get tens or hundreds images of the eclipse on the grass. Very pretty ;-) 9/9

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Lightsmith @slepkov.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

And keep in mind that one way to assess the actual danger is to look at reliable reports of post-eclipse retinal damage and/or blindness that last more than a few days. You will find vanishingly few such reports from all of Britain, Canada, or the USA in the last 50 years. No non-binocular risk.

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