How to make a Cereal Box Eclipse Viewer
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- Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
- Its easy to make and offers you a safe eclipse viewing experience. All you need is a cereal box, some aluminum foil, a needle or pin, and some glue and tape. You can even use it to take images or video with your cell phone.
POSTED A COUPLE OF PHOTOS I TOOK OF THE ECLIPSE on the channel community tab. Here is the link ua-cam.com/users/postUgkxA294H2ddQB8_6Ke4KJv_ItImXeFug3Hm
Hope everyone had a wonderful day!
ECLIPSE GLASSES:
If you have eclipse glasses and have any doubt about them, don't use them- DON'T RISK YOUR EYESIGHT! I just heard a report of a hardware store near me accidentally selling fake glasses. Real glasses should be so dark you cant really see anything through them other than the sun, and it should be dim.
The American Astronomical Society has a list of approved glasses here eclipse.aas.org/eye-safety/viewers-filters .
Thank you for this video - My mom made us one like this back in 1979 so we could view the eclipse. Thanks for sharing and thanks for stirring up so good ole childhood memories!
Glad you enjoyed it! Hope you got to see the eclipse this time round!
I waited too long to go look for glasses. So here I am making a viewer out of a cereal box 😂
Thanks for the easy instructions since I'm usually terrible at crafting. I didn't need to ask my husband for help not even once! Lol
Glad you found my video! Have a wonderful eclipse experience and good luck for clear sky!
@@ElectromagneticVideos thanks! You as well
This is the best instructional video I found today, Happy Viewing Apr 8, 2024
Thanks! You too - best of luck for clear skys!
Same! Thanks
it's underwhelming without the glasses
@@nursecrystal4208 Thanks! Hope you had a good view too!
This is the best video I have found online about making this cereal box eclipse viewer. You are one of the few that mention the size of the hole should be small. You also are the only person I have found that showed the actual image of the sun inside the box. Thanks for this! I just forwarded it to a teacher friend.
Thank you so much! If you teacher friend needs more boxes, any box will do but a nice long box produces a nice big image. A cereal box is the perfect shape so the head doesn't block the pinhole and cereal boxes are usually long.
I got more confidence in this then the glasses we bought. Thanks
The good things about this is that is pretty foolproof.
If you have any doubt about your glasses, don't use them! I just heard a report of a hardware store near me accidentally selling fake glasses. Real glasses should be so dark you cant really see anything through them other than the sun, and it should be dim.The American Astronomical Society has a list of approved glasses here eclipse.aas.org/eye-safety/viewers-filters .
This worked very well. We were able to enjoy it with items we had around the house. Thank you!
Your welcome! Glad you were able to wee the eclipse!
Very neat and easy to contruct, great video! I first imaged a roughly 30% partial eclipse as a teenager, on May 30th 1984 in the UK! I used binoculars to focus the sun onto a black card, and took some photos, which were a little blurry due to it being a fixed focus camera. I was working in London during the 1999 eclipse, where it was about 98% and shot some video on MiniDV tape, it was cloudy almost everywhere on the line of totality across southwest England, but where I was, at one point, the clouds thinned and the shape of the cresent sun was visible. Very memorable. I'm glad you got to see the 2017 one - and good luck in a few days with the 2024 eclipse!
Thanks! How neat that you did that with binoculars. When I was a kid and we were in Bonn (West Germany) for a 4 years, there was a partial eclipse that was visible from Frankfurt but not Bonn. I was ready with a magnifying glass version of what you did but in the end I couldn't my parents to take me to Frankfurt - you can imagine my disappointment :) Wonderful that you got some blurry photos, and even better, the 1999 one from London - being in a historic city like that for an eclipse is so cool.
Hope you get a chance to see full totality sometime. Looks like Spain will have a couple of summer time eclipses in a few years.
As far as the 2024 one goes, right now Texas weather does not look good. Tomorrow is the last day to easily cancel everything, so depending on the weather projections tomorrow morning .... The good thing is my alternate location is Kingston, Ontario (which I know well - went to University there) located on the shore of Lake Ontario. Its a two hour drive and right now the weather in that area looks reasonably good. So hopefully will see it in one location or the other!
Yep 👍 that works great. A family size or giant size box is great.
Yes - really just a pin-hole camera. The video got 50k views in the 24 hours before the eclipse earlier this year, so I thrilled to think that I may have helped a large number of people enjoy a possibly once in a lifetime event.
Thank you, made two of these for my kids very easy and great way to view safely. Thank you again!
So glad it worked for you! Hope you had a wonderful eclipse days with your kids!
The looks I got in the store like how dare you😂 that's what I get, so here I am as well, Happy Eclipse Day 2024 don't forget about the pink moon at midnight tonight too 😊
Hope you had a good view of the eclipse too!
This is definitely the best 👌 video I've found thank you so much.. 💕 🙏💯
Your welcome!!!! I really appreciate the comment. Hope you had a great eclipse day!
I have a 92% view of it, and this video helped very much. Thank you! 😁😁
So glad the video helped! Even a significant partial eclipse like you saw is a wonderful thing to experience!
Thank you so much!! This worked great 😀
Wonderful! Mine worked well during the eclipse too!
🎉thank you for all your great explanations. This is the best video I watched! Getting ready for tomorrow!
Your welcome! Glad you liked the video. Good luck for clear weather tomorrow and have a wonderful time watching this amazing natural spectacle!
Best video and example
Thanks!
Thank you very much. I followed your steps and it's work!
Your welcome! Hope you had a great eclipse experience!
You are the man, thank you.
Well thank you! Hope you had clear sky!
I suggest giftwrapping the entire box in aluminum foil - leaving a small hole for the viewer. The foil reduces the leakage from ambient light and improves the image quality. Happy viewing.
Thanks for adding that - hope some people saw it before the event!
Why does the hole have to be small? Why does it need to be aluminum? Can I use paper?
If the hole is small you will get a sharper image, and the sun is so bright you don't need the additional light a larger hole would provide.
It doesn't need to be aluminum, but aluminum is usually the easiest thing to use because its easy to poke a small hole in, doesn't have fibers like paper that may fill in the hole, and for a thin material it completely blocks the light.
You could certainly try paper. If you find too much light is getting though the paper around the hole reducing the contrast of the image, maybe try darkening the paper with a pencil (or felt pen but that may moisten the paper and cause it to buckle or fill in the hole).
Good luck!
They definitely need an adult for this project
@@joshuapaul349 And even more importantly, adult supervision during the eclipse to make sure no kids look directly at the sun ...
@@ElectromagneticVideos We already scared them into thinking they'll wind up like me if they do!
@@joshuapaul349 Ha! Well hope you have a wonderful experience with your kids and clear sky. I'm heading off in a couple of hours to try and drive to a clear area along the St. Lawrence R unless the weather forecast changes. .
Hi Perfect description. We must be brothers since we eat the same cereal. Been in Canada and living close to Kingston planning to catch it as it goes over Prince Edward county - weather should be sunny. Thanks
Ha! I went to Queen's U so I know the area well and have changed my ellipse plans to head to Kingston to see it (which looks like one one of the places with the currently best weather predictions.)
Prince Edward county should be even better! Hope you have a a great view of it!
Hi Do not forget the Kingston LaSalle Causeway is closed I read the "track" has shifted some 2000 feet
@@Starboatbuilder Good point! I heard something had happened over there,
By the way - weather not looking as good as it was for Kingston and west. I might head in the direction of Cornwall depending on how cloud conditions look at the beginning of Monday. You might want to keep a close eye on the weather too ...
lol once in a lifetime… just like 7 years ago. Made the viewer though
OK - twice in a lifetime for you, me and some other lucky folks!
Nice pinhole camera. I have used a much less sophisticated version for a couple of partial eclipses in the past (one in Midland, MI and a more recent one in Rochester, NY). I just used a large piece of corrugated cardboard with a rough 1/2" hole in the middle, the rough hole covered with Aluminum foil held in place with black electrical tape and punched with a needle. For a screen I used a piece of white paper on a clipboard. The projected image was a bit washed out during the early stages of the eclipse (since there is no "dark room" aka "camera obscura" to keep out extraneous light) but this can be compensated for by holding the screen and pinhole relatively close to give a small but bright image. Near totality, spreading my arms apart gave a dimmer, but much larger image.
I am actually in the path of totality for this eclipse. Unfortunately, I am in Syracuse, NY, the US's second cloudiest city (after Seattle, WA). Right now, the forecast is as good as I can hope for: mostly sunny. I also have some cardboard and film eclipse glasses/camera filters. Keeping my fingers crossed...
I like the simplicity of yours! The reason I went with the cereal box is I figured everyone probably has one at home right now.
You may recall I'm just North of you near Ottawa. I have flights booked to go to Texas but things may change depending on the weather down there which is also iffy. The alternate plan is to head to Kingston, Ontario which is also in the path of totality. Good luck with the weather - is a wonderful even to experience!
One of these days I'll get to an area of totality, which must be quite an experience. I've been in a few partials though. It's quite something to have the sunlight get dim but still the right colour and still have sharp shadows although you do get the crescent shape on the ground in light filtering through say trees.
I was lucky enough to see the 2017 eclipse as a total eclipse - flew to Vancouver and drove down to Oregon for it. If you ever get a chance, well worth it. Its really neat and almost eerie! In totality it gets really dark, but also cools down amazingly quickly. Quite the sight to see the streamers from the sun's corona. I purposely watched it rather than adjusting cameras which I setup on automatic mode - which is why the pictures I got weren't the clearest, but are still a great memory of the event.
@@ElectromagneticVideos I agree. The cooling was almost eerie.
@@button-puncher Yeah - its hard to describe. Also remember a noticeable breeze started up - I'm guessing because of the temperature differences changing the air density.
The next total solar eclipse in Sweden will take place on October 16, 2126.
I have to travel somewhere else if I want to experience this unusual event!
Well don't book a flight to Texas for next Monday - weather is not looking good and I'm on the verge of cancelling flights, car and hotel. Good thing is it may be decent weather about 2h drive from where I live so I may still see it anyway.
If you ever get a chance I highly recommend it. Saw it in the US west in Oregon in 2017 - really a magnificent thing to experience! Looks like Spain is possibility near you in 2026 and 2027, both in August. So maybe a good place for you to go for vacation!
Just to be clear ... if I use this then the Snake God won't eat the Sun? 😆seriously, thanks for uploading this!!
I personally guarantee that the Snake God - or any other God - wont eat the sun :) Glad you liked it!
@@ElectromagneticVideos 🙏and best of weather for you that day too!
@@HazeAnderson Thanks! The plan is to fly down to Texas but right not the weather over there isnt looking the most promising :). Good luck wherever you are!
@@ElectromagneticVideosTexas? Are you certain you don't want to drive to Niagara Falls and join over 10^6 people? The city declared a state of emergency, so that means it's going to be memorable.
@@collectorguy3919 Ha! I heard that! Its going to be a zoo in Niagara! Last time in Oregon, we got stuck in massive traffic jams (and I mean massive) and by around midnight found a campsite at a state or national park for the night, having given up all hope of ever getting to the hotel that was booked. The fallback plan is the Kingston, Ont area (2h away from Ottawa) if Texas weather looks bad or worse than up here
Wherever the eclipse is observed, it should memorable. Its a fantastic experience - hope you get to see it!
Why can't the pin hole be right on the box? Why do we have to cut the box and use aluminum foil?
You can - but its hard to poke a nice clean hole in the cardboard without fibers from the cardboard filling in the hole. So try it and if you can get a nice clean hole you have saved yourself a step. If you do try poking a hole in the cardboard, test it like I showed in the video to make sure it is working well for the eclipse.
I covered mine in duct tape being fancy was that wrong? I have a foil pin hole and white paper in bottom
Nothing wrong with that! In fact may help keep light from coming though any cracks and produce a better image! Enjoy the eclipse!
It was so fun! Thank you so much
@@luffypupperstien2706 Your most welcome! Glad you had had a fun time too for this amazing event!
What about that tree
it’s in 2 minutes. and im struggling
Gee - hope you got it made in time!
@@ElectromagneticVideos i sure did ! thanks for the tutorial.
@@careezypeezy Great!
🧻roll no glue needed Scotch tape easy then this l just made so another choice Keep Rocking the good stuff 🤗
Another great option for making a viewer. Hope your in a good weather location to enjoy the eclipse - which right now looks like the eastern part of its track.
thank you so much!!! this is the best tutorial i’ve watched :D
Well thanks you! Hope you had a great eclipse experience!
Arts and crafts! I love it! Thanks for posting that. :)
Since you've got the aluminum foil handy, you could cover the exterior of the screen end to totally block out light.
I worked 3rd shift a few times and found this was the best way to blackout my window.
Arts and crafts - and we all thought those primary school classes wouldn't ever be of any use :)
Great idea to use the foil to black out the screen end. Never thought to use it to blackout things like windows - your so right about how effective it can be stopping light.
Thank you for posting this. Just made mine by following the instructions. 10/10.
Your welcome! Hope you had a great eclipse experience!
Wish there was a higher quality DIY way to do this.