solar eclipse

Photo by Michael Chow/AZCentral.com

Sunday’s solar eclipse transported me back to my childhood years at Navajo Elementary School.  And to memories of when there was an eclipse…. back in the “old days”.

After multiple severe warnings about NOT looking at the sun, we’d all take our two pieces of white paper outside, and catch glimpses of the eclipse through a pinhole in one sheet of paper, projected onto the other.

So, I did just that. I took two pieces of white paper, a pinhole in one, and “watched” the eclipse.

Dave and I would go out into the yard every 15 minutes or so. He’d hold up the papers and I’d snap the photo.

The professional pictures are ones I snagged from NASA.  I’m sure you’ll easily be able to tell the difference between mine and theirs.

As the prime time was approaching, Dave and I were heading out to dinner, so this final photo was taken in the parking lot of noca at 32nd Street and Camelback, much to Dave’s embarrassment and chagrin.