Notes from Germany
I am an American expat living in Germany. It's a far away land on the other side of the ocean. It's interesting and often weird here. If you read this and want to comment then email me at blog(the at symbol)chillmost.com. If you find any spelling or grammar mistakes, you can keep them.
Wednesday, June 09, 2004
Venus Transit
Yesterday I saw the Venus Transit. It was pretty cool. I observed it using 2 methods.
The first method was the tried and true old school pin-hole camera learned in Boy Scouts. I took a large card board box and poked a small clean hole in it about 3-mm in diameter. I put said box over my head and inside the box held a small white piece of cardboard up upon which the image of the sun was projected. I'm sure I looked rather interesting to my colleagues when they found me standing in front of my second story wide-open office window with a large box over my head. Hmmm.
The second method was using a gradient piece of thick film. That was the method not recommended by experts but we were safe about it. Through the plastic I could barely see a grey circle with a small black dot in it.
I wish I could have taken pictures but I don't have the right gear. Instead you can look at these awesome pictures I found here.
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