With #MuseumSunshine, what a great opportunity to talk about camera obscuras, another way to look at the sun! #museumsfromhome #photography #optics Eugene Atget, Pendant l'éclipse, 1911, gelatin silver, printed by Berenic Abbott in 1956. @DaytonArt, Museum purchase, 1964.47.4

A natural, optical phenomena, it has been understood for millennia. Using a darkened space, a small hole (aperture) lets in light from a bright area, and the image outside the darkened room is projected onto the opposite wall (wiki image). The image is upside down and flipped.

It has helped artists for centuries with perspective and details. It serves as the foundation of cameras! Many cameras have mirrors in order to flip the image for easier viewing but not all (gotta make a plug for my love of #champagne, wiki image, Guillaume Piolle).

Have you ever tried to make one? Its easy! Grab a cereal box, scissors, and some duct tape and you can make one. I made this in August of 2017 to watch the #SolarEclipse. #totaleclipseoftheheart #kidsathome #homeschooling

If you feel more adventuresome, you can turn entire rooms into camera obscuras! See the artworks of Vera Lutter and Abelardo Morell for some incredible examples! Abelardo Morell, Camera Obscura Image of Times Square in Hotel Room, 1997 @theamoncarter #kidsathome #MuseumSunshine