"Thanks.  Good idea, I could reduce the glare, just haven't need some time to do it nicely."

"Ha, that's the main reason I didn't just crop it out.  It's like Dr. Evil is using a laser drill to create a volcano and hold the UN hostage."

"Laser blast all the way. Basically this is what the alien invasion war will look like from half dome."

"This is brilliant."

"This is fantastic.  The only thing that slows it down is that glare at the bottom, but I suspect you had no control over that."

"Man, I love pinnacles. Good thing I live close."

"Yeah, we don't usually think about the shape of the light coming down from the sky, because the sun is an almost perfect circle. Change the shape of the light, and shadows get much more interesting :)"

"Now I seemed to understand what are those shadows. How amazing."

"Here's the sun, during a test this morning. Later I'll post pictures with the eclipse."

"Cut a viewing are at the bottom. I put a piece of while posterboard in to make the image a little nicer.

You'll need to line up the box with the angle of the sun. It takes a little fiddling, but you should be able to get a little round circle of light in the bottom of the box. I used a tripod to hold the box in place."

"Also - cover any open gaps with tape, so we don't let extra light in."

"Cover the hole at the top with foil, and put a tiny pinprick in it."

"Close up the box, and cut a squarish hole in the top. Athena shows how the sunlight will shine through with her flashlight."

"Here's what the image will look like during the eclipse as the moon moves between us and the sun."

"The top of the box will have a tiny pinhole, to let in sunlight, while the bottom will have a viewing area. We don't look through the pinhole - never look directly at the sun during an eclipse - we look at image at the other end."