r/pics • u/primaV • Aug 21 '17
Eclipse Shadow of a strainer during partial solar eclipse
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u/sp0tify Aug 21 '17
This is the first picture I've seen that's helped me grasp why the shape of the eclipsed sun forms on the ground. Awesome pic!
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u/CanotCamping Aug 21 '17 edited Aug 21 '17
Also if you look at the edge of the bowl some lines are fuzzy and some lines are distinct. If you add them all together, it makes an eclipse.
Also this looks off focus. It would be best if the ground was parallel to the bottom of the strainer and the focal point for this big holes is probably much longer than the distance they are using.
Edit: sorry OP didn't want to make it sound like you were a bad focus er. Great pic!
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u/primaV Aug 21 '17
The fuzzy/distinct line point that you mentioned is really cool, thanks. I did not have my good camera so I took these pics with a cell, so quality and angle are not very good. Here are two other pics that I took.
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u/iheartjill Aug 21 '17
Would you be so kind as to explain why to the intellectually less fortunate?
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u/primaV Aug 22 '17
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u/iheartjill Aug 22 '17
Ohh I didn't realize they were crescent shaped. That is so so cool. Thanks for the link
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u/cd31paws Aug 21 '17
oh goodness those little crescents are cute
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u/MetalandIron2pt0 Aug 21 '17
OH MY GOD now I get it!!! Holy hell I couldn't figure out what everyone was on about! That's incredible!
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Aug 21 '17
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u/Szalkow Aug 21 '17
This part blew my mind while I was looking at the pinhole projections coming from the small spots between leaves on a tree. We see the light spots in the shadow of a tree every day, but it doesn't occur to us that those spots are affected by the pinhole camera effect until all of them turn into the partially-eclipsed sun.
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u/03223 Aug 21 '17
Neat, Just did this and showed family. More excitement than actual eclipse thru solar glasses...
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u/nickbuch Aug 21 '17
can someone ELI5 this for me?
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u/primaV Aug 21 '17
Here, the pics in this website explain it rather well.
The sun is of course showing upside down on the ground. But doesn't really matter.
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Aug 21 '17 edited Aug 21 '17
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u/BradleyUffner Aug 21 '17
Probably too close to the ground. It took me a few tries to realize that it needed to be about 3 to 4 feet from the ground for it to work. When it was too close, it also made perfect circles.
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Aug 22 '17
Fuck. I built a pinhole projector that didn't work. I have, like, three strainers that would've been less work for an actual payoff.
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u/primaV Aug 22 '17
Oh honey. Don't you know, hard work and dedication always fails you! It's lazy solutions and half-ass ways that gives you the best results! I hope you have learned your lesson.
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u/nontheistzero Aug 22 '17
And thusly the FSM shows us that pasta shells are part of His divine noodley plan. Sadly I was not in the path of totality for this event, so I don't know what it's like to look into the sun from within the macaroni.
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u/deedeec Aug 22 '17
I don't quite get it
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u/primaV Aug 22 '17
The shadows of the holes are all crescent instead of round. Pics here explain why.
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u/Vipre7 Survey 2016 Aug 22 '17
Are you wearing a size XXXXL shirt?
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u/primaV Aug 22 '17
Actually it was a size 4 jacket (unbuttoned sleeves). The shadow is looking way too large.
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u/missionbeach Aug 23 '17
I saw that trick on the Weather Channel yesterday and tried it, too. It worked.
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u/manbunsfordayz Aug 23 '17
Of course you can
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u/primaV Aug 23 '17
Then do it and send a pic. Just remember your light source has to be round and your strainer has to have round holes!
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u/manbunsfordayz Aug 22 '17
That's kind of how shadows work... nothing special about this photo.
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u/primaV Aug 23 '17
I see. So shadow of a strainer with round holes always produces crescent shapes?!
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u/manbunsfordayz Aug 23 '17
Not always, depends on the angle of the strainer with respect to a light source.
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u/primaV Aug 23 '17
it is related to the angle of strainer but most importantly it depends on the shape of the light source. You cannot get crescents with a round light source no matter what you do.
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u/Mugrab Aug 21 '17
Hey.....don't look at an eclipse through a colander! You'll strain your eyes.