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The grapes of applied math

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A short video which serves as a graphic demonstration of what looking at the sun through a telescope would do to your eyeballs, if your eyeballs were a pair of green grapes. If you're one of those people who easily flip out at the mere thought of eye destruction, the sizzling sound of the grape being nuked by focused sunshine should provide a little neurotic unhappiness to keep in the back of your mind for the next time you find yourself looking up at the sky.

· The Astronomy Blog - Don't look at the Sun! blog entry (read it first)
· The Video