Just stand with your back to the sun and let it shine through the hole onto the paper – projecting an image of the eclipse that you can look at safely. While those have sold out in many places in anticipation of the eclipse, you can build a quick and easy pinhole projector using a cardboard box – or just a piece of card and a sheet of paper.Įditor Tom Barfield testing The Local's homemade eclipse viewer - it works!

Sunglasses are not protective enough to look directly at the sun either – only specially-designed eclipse viewing glasses with the CE kitemark, which block more than 99% of the sun's rays, should be used. Put a piece of white paper at the end of the box, right inside the viewing hole. At the other end of the tube, cut a good-sized viewing hole in the side of the box. Tape a piece of foil over the hole, then poke a small hole in the foil with a pin. To view the eclipse, it is important never to look directly at the sun with your naked eye, as its infra-red radiation can damage your retinas. Cut a one-inch hole in the center of one end of the box. Peak darkness will come between 10:35 am and 10:47 am depending on your location in Germany, with the western states being the first to reach it.Ĭheck the map below to find out when you should be outside. All of Germany will have a view of the partial solar eclipse this morning, although the sun will be more fully blocked by the moon further towards the north.

How to use eclipse veiwing box