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  • Astronomy Picture of the Day - An Eclipse Tree

    10/15/2023 12:34:10 PM PDT · by MtnClimber · 14 replies
    NASA ^ | 15 Oct, 2023 | Image Credit & Copyright: Shawn Wyre
    Explanation: Yes, but can your tree do this? If you look closely at the ground in the featured image, you will see many images of yesterday's solar eclipse -- created by a tree. Gaps between tree leaves act like pinhole lenses and each create a small image of the partially eclipsed Sun visible in the other direction. The image was taken in Burleson, Texas, USA. Yesterday, people across the Americas were treated to a partial eclipse of the Sun, when the Moon moves in front of part of the Sun. People in a narrow band of Earth were treated to...