What is the simplest and safest way to watch the total solar eclipse?

Many astronomers and photographers are preparing for the total solar eclipse that will take place on the 22nd of this month. Optical shops provide glasses with low transmittance for astronomy lovers. Photography lovers are also preparing long guns and filters. Here, I want to introduce you to a simple method of shooting a total solar eclipse without glasses, spears and filters.

To introduce this method, we must first introduce my former neighbor Wang. Wang comes from a famous family in Sichuan. She can make kites, play marbles and catch crickets. She has many strange ways of playing. She can hang the kite from the roof with a clothesline in the small yard in our backyard and put it into the sky. It also teaches us to stick a small piece of paper around the kite string with a grain of rice. As soon as we let go, the paper circle will move slowly and automatically along the kite line to transmit information to the kite. Let us urchins admire us.

I remember it was the summer of the year. Grandma Wang suddenly said to our children that "Tengu ate the sun" and told us to watch it. She brought a basin of water and put it in the yard. We looked at the water and the sun really disappeared. It's like a bit of sesame seed cake. We have seen the process from lack to recovery. There was no solar eclipse forecast at that time, and I don't know how Wang observed it.

Ok, let's use grandma Wang's indigenous method to observe and shoot the total solar eclipse on the 22nd. Mainly to prepare a basin of water in advance. I want better observation and shooting.

You should add some ink to the water to avoid splashing on the bottom of the basin. Filling the basin with water makes it easier to observe and photograph. Observe whether it is safe to shoot on the water surface during the eclipse, which will not hurt the eyes or burn the CCD of the camera. You can shoot with a macro lens.