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[โ€“] elbarto777@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

How is it possible that the eclipse is projected? I thought that all light rays coming from the sun were pretty much parallel given the enormous distance.

[โ€“] j4k3@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago

Basically a pinhole camera. The lens is doing the same thing as your eyeball. If your eye can see it, so can the lens.

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