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 It’s so funny everyone thinks they need special glasses or pinhole box to see the eclipse but all you gotta do these days is point your phone at the sun and look at the screen. 😆

I say this as someone who was wishing he could get ahold of those glasses or wishing I had a welding helmet or something, then while sitting outside for a bit just thought… “wait a sec, my fucking phone. 🤦🏻‍♂️” https://image.nostr.build/1c5de8f8038ceac363a46addd9c739f5eadbe24371450b081081a083e671315e.jpg  
 😂😂😂 
 Those leaves should be making some pinhole crescents in the shadows anyway. 
 May not want to do that. Not good for the optics! 
 Optics should be fine, sensor perhaps less so. 
 I’m not gonna point it at the sun for 20 minutes straight. The million of damage for the few seconds I snap a photo is hardly going to do any damage. I’ve taken pictures of the sun and spent a few minutes trying to get the lens flare looking the way I wanted and all that jazz numerous times in the past. 
 welding helmet idiots unite! 
 It happens we're all an idiot every once in awhile 
 Still, there is something special in seeing it happen *with* *your* *own* eyes. Even if through glass. The analog experience is kinda special that way. 😋