@@adventures.loadiing it won't work. The foil can withstand the light ray so that the only light able to pass is through the hole. The paper won't be able to do that. You will get a blurry image.
I used a similar viewing device as this guy is demonstrating and it was like....meh. Then I saw my neighbor on her balcony and she and her family all had their eclipse viewing glasses. They invited me over and I have to say that looking through the glasses was a phenomenal experience and 100 times better than seeing a silhouette through a hole in a box. The box method just doesn't make the whole experience of a solar eclipse seem at all amazing but the live image through the glasses was truly something I will never forget.
If you did it right it should! I made one for the March 1970 east coast total eclipse (I was almost 7 yo then) from the same directions seen here in this video at school. The eclipse was on a Sunday; was able to use it at home with my family. It was awesome!
I was in florida WPB. the eclipse made the day a little dark, like if it were late in the afternoon. I used the box and it helped me not to look at the sun with my own eyes. thanks!
Who is watching this on the day off the eclipse and is like aahhhhh I need the glasses I am lol Omg so many likes I didn't even see it fully so I didn't even need the glasses so disappointing so good thing I didn't make any diy glasses or buy any 😂😂
This show box preparation is much better than the one that I followed in placing the alum foil in the center of the back panel and the viewing hole on the side. This way your hold it like binacolars. Also Don't know why people are concerned about looking broke and stupid for an historical event that millions are trying to get a look at on the same day. If you know the timing, you are only holding up the box for 5 minutes in your backyard or behind your apartment building. If others watch you because they could not get those sold out glasses, then you are teaching them a home science project.
Btw, if you don't have a shoe box an empty cereal box or a small packing box from a mail delivery will due. Just love these DIY hacks especially when solar glasses are sold out or other vendors are trying to profit from with knock offs on a rare event.
I made a pinhole box viewer out of a Priority Mail box measuring 10" x 7" x 4.75"...I used a 3/4" pvc pipe coupling as a viewer hole and aluminum foil for the pinhole. I tested it and see that the sun's size is very small-about 1/8' diameter. How big should the pinhole be? Pinhole I have is approx. 1/32" diameter-what would be best diameter to use? Does a bigger hole make for better image size?
This is so cool. By the way, for those of you who don't have a safety pin or Spaghetti strand to poke a hole in the foil, a Christmas ornament hanger is what I used. Works perfectly. Have fun, folks.
Followed instructions. Worked ok but much better clearer view if you use a smaller pin hole. I just covered spaghetti hole with small piece of tape and used the tip of a tack to make another hole. Didn't have time to replace tinfoil.
So far....all of the videos & articles I've seen.....say make a 'pinhole'. I'm going to make a 2nd viewer with a couple of larger holes.....& maybe tape the two boxes together. I've also seen a video where there's a flap that opens up on one side of the box....near the bottom. So you ( or others standing next to you ) can view the projected image thru THAT opening.
I wonder if this event will have an effect on RF frequencies, like sporadic-e.. Being able to pick up analog TV and FM stations from 1000+ miles away. I had this happen once in 2007 for an entire day, picking up Texas, New Mexico, Mexico, Oklahoma from North Georgia very clearly, as if I were there. I will have to check that out also on that day.
Yes! Radio amateurs across North America will be taking advantage of the event on HF, VHF and UHF. Tuning across the AM & FM broadcast bands should prove fun. If you get your TV via antenna not cable or satellite, that should prove interesting as well, especially since this is the first solar eclipse event since the transition to digital (I believe). At various times, run your tuner through the scan process and see what comes up! If your antenna is on a rotator, you can follow the eclipse....
I have a large V/U outdoor antenna, even though I also have cable. As far as analog goes, there is still Cuba, Mexico, and maybe parts of Canada I believe. FM should be interesting, hell, maybe AM will work as it were nighttime for at least a few minutes anyway. During the few minutes it covers here I will likely play with my truck radio though because I don't want to miss it, but before and after I will likely play around with my outdoor antenna, analog and digital tv, and FM reciever attached to it. I also wonder how AM will work throughout the day. Very interesting.
This is prime sporadic-e time of the year anyhow. I remember the 1980s and 90s, wow analog was so much fun back then in the summer months. I was 2 yrs old at the last eclipse (1979) so I wasn't able to mess with RF equipment then, but now my TV tuner card is ready and old RF sensitive 1980's Pioneer receiver is hooked into my computer's line-in for capturing... Locked and loaded
Ok the inside of the box is already white? The holes can be much larger than that. The pin hole can also be much larger than that, which in return will give a larger projection.
A household mirror can also be used to view the eclipse. If you cover a small mirror with a piece of paper or card with a hole in it, it will project a pinhole image of the eclipse onto the far wall.
Who are watching in 2024?
👇
Going to be much better than the last one... at least here in Maine! 🌲🐻🦫
Me
Those people.
Meee
Going blind today
Thank you! I will use this for the Total Eclipse for April 2024.
I don't want the risks of using glasses to look directly at the sun.
April 8,2024 Sacramento California
Same, but I'm not in the totally line
Me to I am close to the line but not in it
Same
Would black paper be better?
Who's here for the annular eclipse on 21st June 2020?
Yeah i am. I was just wondering if we can use paper instead of foil
Here
@@adventures.loadiing it won't work. The foil can withstand the light ray so that the only light able to pass is through the hole. The paper won't be able to do that. You will get a blurry image.
I am for the solar eclipse. But I am sad because it is cloudy in my area.
I am ready
I just tested it, and it works. The clouds around the sun looks cool. Thank you for sharing this!
I used a similar viewing device as this guy is demonstrating and it was like....meh. Then I saw my neighbor on her balcony and she and her family all had their eclipse viewing glasses. They invited me over and I have to say that looking through the glasses was a phenomenal experience and 100 times better than seeing a silhouette through a hole in a box. The box method just doesn't make the whole experience of a solar eclipse seem at all amazing but the live image through the glasses was truly something I will never forget.
you mean you didn't like it
This box is great if you don't want the risks of using the glasses to look directly at the sun.
@JLvatron, or if you don't have access/money for glasses!
I have all those supplies though!
I'M good!!I'm already about blind now..
Lucky 😤
Tyrone Kitchens I'm blind in my lift eye due to a tumor
how is that lucky?
Nice, go look up: "Total Eclipse of the Heart" song, lol ! Good health to you ...
wth
Great job & thanks for explaining how to use it once finished. 💯👍
I just made one from this tutorial. Hope it works because nowhere has glasses left!!
If you did it right it should! I made one for the March 1970 east coast total eclipse (I was almost 7 yo then) from the same directions seen here in this video at school. The eclipse was on a Sunday; was able to use it at home with my family. It was awesome!
Stephen Platt so for sure if I do it correctly it won't hurt my eyes ?
Yes because you're looking INDIRECTLY at the sun via a projection inside the box. No mirror to reflect back to your eyes.
It was actually March 7, 1970. I saw it from Virginia Beach when I was six. :D
As did I! it was 2-1/2 months before my 7th birthday!
Simple and effective! My son and I are enjoying today's eclipse! Thanks a lot!🎉
This totally works!!!!!! I built one in less than 15 minutes.. And am watching things as they happen... So Cool!!!!!!!!!!
Of all items to use for poking a hole, a spaghetti noodle. Sheesh....
Mike Michaels Ikr 😂 This thing is literally called a pinhole camera, so idk why he didn't just use a pin to make the hole.
Be creative they said...
What if I only got macaroni?
@@SpaceFaceFPVyou can use a pen to make the hole, cuz ion got spaghetti either I only have the colored tri pasta🤦♂️😂😂😂
I was in florida WPB. the eclipse made the day a little dark, like if it were late in the afternoon. I used the box and it helped me not to look at the sun with my own eyes. thanks!
So simple and helpful. Thanks so much. My two junior astronomers are ready to go.
Your tutorial is very helpful. The best one I found. Thanks.
Great stuff & can't wait for the big event!! Thank you!
Thanks man ..... ! I appreciate you posting - can't find glasses and would love to share this experience with my son ....
Worked for me. The image is sharp and clear! Thank you :)
My spaghetti broke😂
I'm dying 😂😂😂😂
Annie Walker 💀😂😂😂
lol mine too.
Annie Walker you have to cook it before hand , then try it
Annie Walker just use a hair pin or literally anything that can poke a small hole in something
Just made this for April 8th 2024 eclipse, Watching from Alabama.
Good luck Paula!
IAM watching this for observing 21st June 2020 solar eclipse and I'm very excited as it's happening after 1995
Me aslo
Which country are you from?
@@tyur7566 India 🇮🇳🇮🇳
@@rudranath7570 😜
Who is watching this on the day off the eclipse and is like aahhhhh I need the glasses
I am lol
Omg so many likes
I didn't even see it fully so I didn't even need the glasses so disappointing so good thing I didn't make any diy glasses or buy any 😂😂
teamniellia Unicorn meee😂😂
isnt that all of us??
Me lol
Me
Me
This show box preparation is much better than the one that I followed in placing the alum foil in the center of the back panel and the viewing hole on the side. This way your hold it like binacolars. Also Don't know why people are concerned about looking broke and stupid for an historical event that millions are trying to get a look at on the same day. If you know the timing, you are only holding up the box for 5 minutes in your backyard or behind your apartment building. If others watch you because they could not get those sold out glasses, then you are teaching them a home science project.
Thanks for the help man I just built my first solar eclipse box I really hope it works 🤞
Excellent step by step instructions.
Btw, if you don't have a shoe box an empty cereal box or a small packing box from a mail delivery will due. Just love these DIY hacks especially when solar glasses are sold out or other vendors are trying to profit from with knock offs on a rare event.
Just finished mine last minute!😂hopefully my neighbors don't think I'm crazy holding up a shoe box outside like the guy @ 2:23 💀
Did you get blind
mez ji no lol 🤣🤣
who came here for Dec 26, 2019's Annular Solar Eclipse?
Twice da Pink it’s me
Me
Me
Me also
meeee
If I go blind I'm sueing you
Susie MSP 😂😂💀true
Well NASA recommended this if you don't have the Glasses so you're good fam.
They also said we went to the moon in 1969 but have forgotten how to in 2017 :/
Considering the sun is at your back with this method, you wouldn't have much of a case.
BR haha going to the moon is EASY RIGHT
Thank you!! Doing this for tomorrow's eclipse 4.8.24! 🖤
I made a pinhole box viewer out of a Priority Mail box measuring 10" x 7" x 4.75"...I used a 3/4" pvc pipe coupling as a viewer hole and aluminum foil for the pinhole. I tested it and see that the sun's size is very small-about 1/8' diameter. How big should the pinhole be? Pinhole I have is approx. 1/32" diameter-what would be best diameter to use? Does a bigger hole make for better image size?
Thanks!
Will use it to view 2020 eclipse now!! :D
Im gonna look ridiculous
B Yip 😂
B Yip You and everyone else in the country. Don't worry, we'll all be doing it. 😊
B Yip true but this does not happen all the time so it's worth it
desertrose0601 False, people in my neighborhood are stubborn, and all my friends said they are putting on sun glasses. 😆
Yasmine Parkes I was laughing at people looking at a shoe box
Can you stack welding lenses up to get to a 14?
That solar eclipse was so cool
I seen one a few years ago and boy I tell ya it sure was dark
I made this last second, and I was not disappointed
Easy enough. Made mine. Thanks!
Thanks because it was like last minute and could not find any of the Solar glasses
Worked great. Thanks!
Very Simple to do and thank you
I did it, it works thank you.
Is what im suppose to see a little bright circle when looking in ?
Who is there for 2020?
If the box already has white like yours does then do u still need a piece if white paper
Is there anything you can replace the aluminum foil with??
Thanks! Just made some for my kids.
Worked for me :D thanks sir!
I’m here for the June 10 2021 Event
This box actually works. Although you only get to see a tiny silhouette of the moon.
This is so cool. By the way, for those of you who don't have a safety pin or Spaghetti strand to poke a hole in the foil, a Christmas ornament hanger is what I used. Works perfectly. Have fun, folks.
Tried this and it worked great. I used a pin for the hole rather than spaghetti.
What if I don't have any aluminum foil is there anything else I can substitute for it?
Knees weak, dry spaghetti.
Me : ok no need of adult
5 minutes later : **finger bleeding**
Whos watching for tomorrows eclipse
Which country are you from?
Me
Me
Me
😁😁😁
Followed instructions. Worked ok but much better clearer view if you use a smaller pin hole. I just covered spaghetti hole with small piece of tape and used the tip of a tack to make another hole. Didn't have time to replace tinfoil.
Any other thing in the place of aluminum foil?
You guys can use welding lens shade #14
Is this sufficient to protect eyes during the event?
Solar eclipse is TOMORROWWWW!!
I am so excited. I hope people know how to do this, I'm so worried about people not knowing.
KR YW yeah cause you gotta be a rocket scientist to follow this dudes instructions
toe jam football You have to be one? I'm not. Does that mean I cannot?
Also can I use my camera to get video of it or will it hurt my camera. I mean it is a 1,000 dollar camera
Thanks! Hope mine works
I am making one of these right now
is alluminium foil compulsory?
thanks fast easy no cost way to do it
very clever way to do it
My birthday is on the solar eclipse August 21
You are Special same holy shit :)
You are Special well hope u don't get blind during your birthday
OG penguin me or him or both xD
You are Special my birthday is the 20
the 21st is when school starts for me😑😑😑😑
So far....all of the videos & articles I've seen.....say make a 'pinhole'. I'm going to make a 2nd viewer with a couple of larger holes.....& maybe tape the two boxes together. I've also seen a video where there's a flap that opens up on one side of the box....near the bottom. So you ( or others standing next to you ) can view the projected image thru THAT opening.
I wonder if this event will have an effect on RF frequencies, like sporadic-e.. Being able to pick up analog TV and FM stations from 1000+ miles away. I had this happen once in 2007 for an entire day, picking up Texas, New Mexico, Mexico, Oklahoma from North Georgia very clearly, as if I were there. I will have to check that out also on that day.
Yes! Radio amateurs across North America will be taking advantage of the event on HF, VHF and UHF. Tuning across the AM & FM broadcast bands should prove fun. If you get your TV via antenna not cable or satellite, that should prove interesting as well, especially since this is the first solar eclipse event since the transition to digital (I believe). At various times, run your tuner through the scan process and see what comes up! If your antenna is on a rotator, you can follow the eclipse....
I have a large V/U outdoor antenna, even though I also have cable. As far as analog goes, there is still Cuba, Mexico, and maybe parts of Canada I believe. FM should be interesting, hell, maybe AM will work as it were nighttime for at least a few minutes anyway. During the few minutes it covers here I will likely play with my truck radio though because I don't want to miss it, but before and after I will likely play around with my outdoor antenna, analog and digital tv, and FM reciever attached to it. I also wonder how AM will work throughout the day. Very interesting.
This is prime sporadic-e time of the year anyhow. I remember the 1980s and 90s, wow analog was so much fun back then in the summer months. I was 2 yrs old at the last eclipse (1979) so I wasn't able to mess with RF equipment then, but now my TV tuner card is ready and old RF sensitive 1980's Pioneer receiver is hooked into my computer's line-in for capturing... Locked and loaded
All I got was DX AM reception, from west to east as it went by.
I'm here for the partial solar eclipse for 2022, october 25th.
Does it need to be foil?
Is it OK if not using aluminum foil?
I remember making qthisq own 79. I'm not blind so it worked
Isn't there an advantage if the whole is a little larger?
Not the first time Ranger Bob punches a hole in a shoe box, not the last.
is this really safe cuse i dont want to go blind with the viewer
So cool! Thanks
What if I made the aluminum foil hole bigger?
How big does the hole have to be?
Where do I get one of those t shirts you are wearing BOB?
Does this work?
Can it be a tiny box or something smaller than a shoe box or does it have to be that big?
Brian Orozco I used a cereal box. Saw it demonstrated on the news. I think any box big enough that your head wouldn't block the other hole is fine.
Is the sun suppose to look small?
Is mayonnaise an instrument?
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REALHIPHOPLOVE24 yes, it's in the brass family
yes patrick! hah lol
REALHIPHOPLOVE24 😂😂😂
Ask spongebob
Thanks 😊
NICE VIDEO
thank you!
Can it be a huge box?bigger pinhole?yes?not?why?
How big is the image of the sun on the shoebox? Is it the size of say a dime, or literally the size of the pin hole?
Gaming Avalanche It appears bigger than a pinhole. That's just how it focuses the light into the box.
You can say it's going to burn your eyes or it "sux" but it won't burn your eyes and it's better than not having eclipse glasses
Ok the inside of the box is already white?
The holes can be much larger than that. The pin hole can also be much larger than that, which in return will give a larger projection.
I tried it the other day. The bigger the hole the bigger the picture. I'm still not looking directly at the sun.
A household mirror can also be used to view the eclipse. If you cover a small mirror with a piece of paper or card with a hole in it, it will project a pinhole image of the eclipse onto the far wall.
I'm ready!!!!!
Can we make a big hole?
Won't the image be very small
Who is here on 25th October 2022
Anyone ever try using sun paper on the projection side white paper side? Maybe putting a camera in the box and try to get an image?
*sees dry spaggetti*
*is confused but amused*
I'll be doing this for Total Eclipse Aug 8 2024. I'm in 100% eclipse path.