GREENSBORO, N.C. — It's Solar Eclipse day in America! To view the eclipse directly, you need special glasses. Otherwise, it could hurt your eyes. But if you don't have special solar eclipse glasses, there are ways to still see the eclipse indirectly with simple household items.
1. Make a pinhole projector. This is the classic one. You poke a hole through some paper, hold it up, and view the light on the sidewalk. You will see the crescent shape!
2. Pasta strainer! The tiny holes of a colander make a good projector. Hold it up to let the sun pass through and look at the little dots of light projected onto the ground. There will be crescents.
3. Shadows under trees! The leaves make little projectors and you’ll see crescents.
4. Ritz cracker or saltine cracker! Anything with tiny holes will project the crescent.
Here in Greensboro, the partial solar eclipse starts around 2 p.m., peaks around 3:15 p.m., and ends by 4:30 p.m. Happy viewing!
