Yesterday evening, we headed to the lawns of the State Capital to try and get a glimpse of the solar eclipse. Caleb had made a pin-hole shadow box for us to be able to see the progress, and had read a few other tips for being about to view the eclipse.
We obviously didn't have the needed filters to photograph it, but thought this was a cool image anyway.
One of the best ways we found was using a pair of binoculars to project the image. It worked well and was easy for everyone to see the progress.
There were a lot of people at the Capital for the same reason we were and a nice older man was walking around where we were sitting with a pair of "eclipse glasses" that allowed you to look directly at the sun and see the eclipse. It was pretty impressive. The boys enjoyed the chance to have permission to stare straight at the sun, something they kept insisting it was fine to do. Those glasses might be something we need to invest in to use 5 or 10 years from now.It was pretty funny how impressed several people were with Caleb's pinhole, shadow box. One man was very amazed when he asked Caleb if he made it... keeping in mind it was a granola bar box with a hole cut in the side and masking tape on it... I would have thought he would be more surprised if we had said we purchased it somewhere.
The boys also had a great time using up all of their energy running around and rolling down hills on the Capital lawn. Here are a few funny shots of them.
Wyatt refused to pose with his brothers. He wanted his own "Cheese."
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