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Topic	couldn't I just take a pic of the eclipse with my smartphone?
darkphoenix181 08/21/17 12:47:20 PM #15:	Partial solar eclipse photography Tip No. 1: Use a filter to protect your screen. It is possible to damage your cellphone or tablet while photographing the sun, according to Angela Speck, co-chair of the American Astronomical Society's Solar Eclipse Task Force and director of astronomy at the University of Missouri. first off she is not an engineer or optics expert RED FLAG Speck told Space.com that the extremely bright, glowing ball could burn the pixels in the screen of a cellphone or tablet. second she seems to think the lens captures the actual sunlight such that it will blow out pixels RED FLAG oh but totally like climate change denier eh? Like, how will it break the pixels? The lens captures the light like a camera and the phone tranforms that into digital data. This data is then translated onto the screen. It would make sense that the camera or the lens get messed up, but the screen? How does she think this could ever happen? Explain @I_Like_Toast since you seem to have bought into it --- sigless user is me or am I? <cite>darkphoenix181 posted [p:885178453] in couldn't I... [t:75693442]...</cite> <quote><quote> Partial solar eclipse photography Tip No. 1: Use a filter to protect your screen. It is possible to damage your cellphone or tablet while photographing the sun, according to Angela Speck, co-chair of the American Astronomical Society's Solar Eclipse Task Force and director of astronomy at the University of Missouri.</quote> first off she is not an engineer or optics expert RED FLAG <quote>Speck told Space.com that the extremely bright, glowing ball could burn the pixels in the screen of a cellphone or tablet.</quote> second she seems to think the lens captures the actual sunlight such that it will blow out pixels RED FLAG oh but totally like climate change denier eh? Like, how will it break the pixels? The lens captures the light like a camera and the phone tranforms that into digital data. This data is then translated onto the screen. It would make sense that the camera or the lens get messed up, but the screen? How does she think this could ever happen? Explain @I_Like_Toast since you seem to have bought into it --- sigless user is me or am I?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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