In the parking lot of the Red House Inn [1] was an odd sight indeed:
[Mama always told me not to look into the eyes of the sun. But mama, that's where the fun is.] [2]
A chap from England [3] was set up in the parking lot, testing out his small telescope, with sun filters. We chatted a bit, and he let me look at the sun through his telescope. It was cool seeing the activity on the sun, a few sunspots and even a solar flare or two.
I attempted to get a picture of the sun with the iPhone, but it had trouble focusing through the lens.
[1] http://www.brevardbedandbreakfast.com/
![[2] /boston/2017/08/20/Man-with-a-plan.jpg](/gemini.conman.org/boston/2017/08/20/Man-with-a-plan.jpg){kind=link}