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How to: Make your own pinhole viewer to catch Monday's eclipse
To safely look at the eclipse, you'll need NASA certified glasses. But, if you don't have them, you can make your own pinhole viewer.
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Eclipse day is nearly here. On Monday, the Triangle will experience a partial eclipse of the sun around 2:44 p.m. Other parts of the state and country will experience a total eclipse.
As I've written before, to safely look at the eclipse, you'll need NASA-certified glasses. But, if you don't have them, you can make your own pinhole viewer.
The Museum of Life and Science, which has a big event planned on Monday to mark the eclipse, shared some very easy-to-follow directions on how to make a viewer, which basically projects the eclipse onto another surface. I know people have been looking for these instructions on Go Ask Mom, so I thought I'd share the link again. All you need are just a couple of pieces of white card stock, some aluminum foil, a tack and tape.
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