Chad and I were very excited about the chance to see the solar eclipse last weekend. Utah had a great view of it, although we were a little off line for the total Ring of Fire. Chad wanted to get glasses, but I remembered that when I was in elementary school, we used note cards to view an eclipse. So, I convinced him to try it. Thankfully it worked and we slowly watched the moon cover up the sun.
The sun went from a full circle,
To looking like a crescent moon,
To almost completely disappearing.
I tried to take an actual picture of it to see if I could see the moon and the sun, but I don't know if the clouds disguised it or if you just couldn't see it through the camera. However, the resulting pictures were still cool.
Eventually our neighbors wandered out to see what we were doing. After looking at the note cards, they decided to try looking through the tinted windows of their car, with sun glasses on to protect your eyes. I'm not sure if it was the safest idea, but it worked and showed a cool view of the moon covering up the sun.
I'm still not sure the kids thought it was as cool as Chad and I, but at least when the next one comes around, maybe they will have an idea of what people are talking about!!
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