Christopher Hope puts kitchen colander viewing method to the test ahead of biggest solar eclipse in decades

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Christopher Hope tried out an unusual method for safely viewing next month's partial solar eclipse after experts suggested using a kitchen colander as a makeshift viewing device.Speaking to space and planetary scientist Andy Lound, the GB News Political Editor held up a household colander and a sheet of paper in the studio as he attempted to recreate the phenomenon.The scientist explained that sunlight passing through the colander's holes acts like a pinhole camera, projecting small images of the partially eclipsed Sun onto the paper."You never look at the Sun directly," he warned, adding: "You allow the light to go through the colander, and that'll actually act as a pinhole camera and project images of the Sun onto the piece of paper."Chris joked that his first attempt was less successful, quipping: "I'm trying to use a studio light here to form some kind of image.

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But what I'm getting is Mrs Hope's colander on my piece of paper."Mr Loud stressed that people should never look...

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