When I was a kid I was told not to point my camera at the sun but my iPhone still works. For comparison The cover of a book I used to own.
@dpiponi we had an early video camera in school, and pointing it at the sun would have broken it forever. Like Apollo 12 did.
@GrantMeStrength Ooops...I didn't know that story about Apollo 12.
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@dpiponi @GrantMeStrength I didn't find the details I was looking for about the camera failure but this article is still pretty enjoyable: https://www.npr.org/2019/07/13/735314929/the-camera-that-went-to-the-moon-and-changed-how-we-see-it
