So yesterday was the annular eclipse of the Sun, and I held a live impromptu video chat on Google+ about it. I was joined by Pamela Gay, Fraser Cain, Nicole Gugliucci, and Jason Major, and we had a live video feed using astronomer Scott Lewiss telescope. It was way too much fun! Ive embedded the video at the bottom of this post. <\/p>\n
We asked for pictures, and my Twitter feed overfloweth with them! Im collecting them to put into a gallery which Ill have up soon, but until then, watch this incredible video taken by John Knoll in his front yard in northern California: <\/p>\n
Isnt that amazing? What happened is that all the overlapping leaves made thousands of tiny holes that sunlight could poke through. This acts like a lens, focusing images of the Sun through every hole its how a pinhole camera works. [UPDATE: Timothy in the comments below points out that some people were confused by my wording. I can see why; I had started to explain how a pinhole camera works then decided it was too distracting and instead just linked to Wikipedia. I didn't mean the pinhole is a lens, just that you get a sharp picture if you use one. I should've chosen my words more carefully.] You can read about the details of this on Wikipedia. Heres a similar video, too. <\/p>\n
Ill have the gallery up soon, so stay tuned! <\/p>\n
Finally for now, heres the live webcast recording. Ill embed it here, but note it took me a long time to get it set up and running. It really gets started at 17:23, and I suggest you skim around to see the cool stuff. <\/p>\n
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