• El Barto@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    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.

    • Jake [he/him]@lemmy.ml
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      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.