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Thomas Regdosz @thomasregdosz.bsky.social · May 5

“Solar Can” installé, rendez-vous dans quelques semaines.
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#photographie #stenope #photography #pinholephotography

Sténopé “Solar Can” installé sur une gouttière, avec des colliers de serrage.

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Bbartel @bbartel.bsky.social · Apr 1

This image is from Appleton, can #39,806. The scan looked a little over exposed, so I processed it in black and white. The last image was overlooking the Mississippi river in Onalaska, from can #39,838.

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Bbartel @bbartel.bsky.social · Apr 1

Installing a Solarcan pinhole camera between the winter solstice and spring equinox is a unique time in the N hemisphere, with no leaves on trees and the sun isn't too high, so it gets fully captured on paper #pinholephotography #solarcan

The first image is from the Oconto river, from can #38,294

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Bbartel @bbartel.bsky.social · Mar 21

Here's a few @Solarcan Puck images from the windows at Valley New School in Appleton. They have some amazing views of downtown Appleton!

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Bbartel @bbartel.bsky.social · Mar 21

Funding for this project came from the Stan and Phyllis Thatcher Family Fund for STEM and the Dianne Catlin Lang STEM Innovators and Girls Leadership Fund within the Appleton Education Foundation
@thesolarcan #Solarcan #pinholephotography #equinox

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Mike Wheatland @manicule.bsky.social · Feb 13

Another solargraph. The @solarcan.bsky.social Puck was attached to my skylight but it got rained on heavily and I think some water got in. And it was pointed too low, the skylight is angled south. The Sun has skimmed the top.

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Mike Wheatland @manicule.bsky.social · Feb 17

It's solargraph Monday with the @solarcan.bsky.social Puck

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Mike Wheatland @manicule.bsky.social · Feb 16

Another solargraph -- the path of the Sun on the sky captured with a pinhole camera (the @solarcan.bsky.social Puck).

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Mike Wheatland @manicule.bsky.social · Feb 8

Solargraphy with the Solarcan Puck: an image of the path of the Sun on the sky. Also an image of the view it was looking at. #solarcan @solarcan.bsky.social

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Mike Wheatland @manicule.bsky.social · Feb 12

Another #solargraph with the SolarCan Puck. I pointed a bit low. :-) @solarcan.bsky.social

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Giles Wright @gilesw.bsky.social · Jan 11

One year-long exposure with my @solarcan.bsky.social looking over the Town Moor in Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

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Nick W @nick-e4astro.bsky.social · Dec 31

I love the result a @solarcan.bsky.social gives… a 31.6 million second (give or take a few!) exposure of the sun’s path in 2024.

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MrsRobotBirdie @mrsrobotbirdie.bsky.social · Dec 30

My first experiment with #solargraphy! Installed the @solarcan.bsky.social and will see what we get at summer solstice. What a great way to also nature journal the sun! Unfortunately, I live downhill so I did try to tilt the Solarcan slightly but we'll see what we get in 6 months! #citizenscience

Aluminum can with words "solarcan" printed on the side and mounted with 2 big white cable ties to pvc pipes that were mounted to fence. Background is bright clear blue skies and green tree.

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Matthieu Schaller @mschaller.bsky.social · Dec 24

Three days late, but time for the yearly @solarcan.bsky.social harvest

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Nick Webb @limiteddof.bsky.social · Dec 23

Put up my solarcan on Saturday, pointing 195°. It will be up for the next year and 5 days (I will take it down Boxing Day)
@solarcan.bsky.social #believeinfilm

Direction solarcan will be facing for the next year

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Michael Merrifield @astromikemerri.bsky.social · Dec 21

The solstice would seem a good day on which to take down my @solarcan.bsky.social, so I can see quite how seldom the Sun has come out since August! 🔭

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Bbartel @bbartel.bsky.social · Mar 6

Just before the winter solstice, I removed a
@solarcan.bsky.social that I had installed 6 months ago, right before the summer solstice. Looking east onto Reid Golf Course, you can see the ghosting around the trees from the leaves in the summer. #solstice #pinholecamera

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Bbartel @bbartel.bsky.social · Mar 6

After a couple months, I found a @solarcan.bsky.social solarcan installation that fell down from the tree where it was installed. Fortunately, I found it, and still processed it anyway. The errant sun paths and some water damage make it all the more interesting.

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Bbartel @bbartel.bsky.social · Mar 29

I had a few @solarcan.bsky.social Colour cans to install, so I did that today before the trees leaf out. I also wanted to get an angle upwards as we near the solstice so I made a crude stand that I could drill into trees. Time to wait a few months…

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Bbartel @bbartel.bsky.social · Apr 8

I taped a couple @solarcan.bsky.social pucks to the sunroof of my car for a day or two, and love the output I get from driving around under the sun. Now those are maps!

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Bbartel @bbartel.bsky.social · Apr 10

With some help from new friends from the History Museum in Appleton, I installed some @solarcan.bsky.social pucks on the 4th floor of the Castle. The first solargraph is facing east
at Lawrence University. You can see Main Hall on the right, and it looks like the sun is coming out of the Chapel.

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Bbartel @bbartel.bsky.social · Apr 10

After testing the views, we decided to install a full
@solarcan.bsky.social facing south, and we will check back in June. Thanks again to the History Museum at the Castle for the view! Check out their new exhibit coming at the end of the month myhistorymuseum.org

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Jono Kimber @jonokimber.bsky.social · Nov 15

Another great @solarcan.bsky.social image from my Mum's house in Wiltshire. It shows most of the 6 months from July to December (solstice to solstice) 2023. The can was dented quite badly after just a week or so but it didn't seem to affect the exposure much.

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foggy3.bsky.social @foggy3.bsky.social · Nov 28

@solarcan.bsky.social my next subject. See you in Spring.

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Bbartel @bbartel.bsky.social · Dec 5

Here's a story about #Solarcan photos I took at Lawrence University www.lawrence.edu/articles/alu... @solarcan.bsky.social @lawrenceuni.bsky.social

Alum Brian Bartel experiments with long-exposure campus views

Brian Bartel ‘97, a science instructor and amateur photographer, developed a fascination with Solarcan, a method of shooting long-exposure photographs and capturing the sun’s journey across the sky.

www.lawrence.edu

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