You can - use a pinhole camera ( or viewer).
Please do not try. However, you can use a pinhole eclipse viewer that will let you safely see the sun. Here is a link to instructions from NASA. Enjoy- and DO NOT try to look directly at the sun- during an eclipse or at any other time. https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/learn/project/how-to-make-a-pinhole-camera/
Please do not try. However, you can use a pinhole eclipse viewer that will let you safely see the sun. Here is a link to instructions from NASA. Enjoy- and DO NOT try to look directly at the sun- during an eclipse or at any other time. https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/learn/project/how-to-make-a-pinhole-camera/
It literally takes long-exposure photos through a pinhole that projects an inverted image into a darkened box.
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a small size.
The pinhole camera is simple and requires no complex lens-based optical systems to work effectively as an image maker. In its simplest form it is no more than a light-tight box with a pinhole on one end and a place for a sheet of light sensitive material on the other.
pinholes were the first cameras ever, so i presume they are older
The simplest safe way to view a solar eclipse is with a "pinhole projector," which is not much more than a box with a few holes in it. At one end of a long box or tube, cut a hole, cover it with aluminum foil, and poke a pinhole in the foil. At the other end, line the inside of the box with white paper to use as your "screen." Somewhere along the side of the box, cut a hole for viewing. Point the pinhole at the sun, and look through the viewing hole at the screen on the other end.
The most common type of pinhole photography is done with the aid of a shoe box. The film (use real black and white film as it is less sensitive to light and light leaks because we are talking about a shoe box here) is taped to one end of a shoe box and a small pinhole is carefully punched into the center of the opposite end of the shoe box. The box lid should be placed on tightly and sealed in place. When you handle the film, you must try to have total darkness. Practice all aspects of putting your shoe box "Camera" together in the light first. Place your finger over the pin hole before bringing into the light. Then the box is placed, usually outside on a sunny day. Point the pinhole end of the box toward something that you are interested in taking a picture of. Your subject has to be something that is stationary. The light coming through the pinhole will expose your film for you. Research the subject to help determine pinhole size and approximate exposure times to take some guesswork out your project.
pinhole camera, look it up
If you go to barnes&noble they sell a kit to make one..