Mike Buresh Demonstrates: How to project the image of the eclipsed sun

Action News Jax First Alert Chief Meteorologist Mike Buresh demonstrated on Facebook Live how to easily project the image of the eclipsed sun using a cereal box and some tools from around the house.

First, carefully open the box and take out the cereal—then start cutting.

“Basically all we are going to do is cut the left side out and the right side out. Each side and leave the middle in there together,” Buresh said.

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Then, tape the middle together and cut some foil to fit one of the open ends of the box. Tape down the foil—then punch a clean small hole in the foil.

“That’s where the sun is going to shine through…right here (pointing to the hole) It’s going to end up on the other side of the box. And you can look through here,” Buresh said.

It’s a creative and safe way to see a phenomenon that hasn’t happened in 99 years.

To learn more about the solar eclipse, when the best time is to view it and where you can buy solar eclipse glasses, go to the Action News Jax Solar Eclipse page.

Watch the full demonstration here: 

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