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Becoming Camera Obscura

A camera obscura is a light tight chamber with a small hole in the middle of one wall. Light enters through this hole, projecting a moving image of events occurring directly outside the room. You created a camera obscura using a box and tracing paper for it to be projected onto.

The space/ room just have two necessary conditions: 1. The chamber must be light tight (windows must be blacked out, cracks in doors sealed, etc. and 2. There must be an aperture that allows controlled amounts of light to enter. The aperture can be 2-3 inches in diameter with a lens of a pinprick. The image will be projected on the surface directly opposite the aperture.