Astronomy Picture of the Day

   [1]Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our
      fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation
                    written by a professional astronomer.

                               2023 October 15
   [2]A driveway is shown with a car at the top of the frame but a series
    of shadows across the rest of the frame. A close inspection of these
      shadows shows that they are frequently small images of an ongoing
     partial solar eclipse. Please see the explanation for more detailed
                                information.

                               An Eclipse Tree
                   Image Credit & Copyright: [3]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
   [4]yesterday's solar eclipse -- created by a tree. Gaps between tree
   leaves act like [5]pinhole lenses and each create a [6]small image of
   the partially [7]eclipsed Sun visible in the other direction. The image
   was taken in [8]Burleson, [9]Texas, [10]USA. Yesterday, people across
   the [11]Americas were [12]treated to a [13]partial eclipse of the Sun,
   when the Moon moves in front of part of the Sun. People in a [14]narrow
   band of Earth were treated to an [15]annular eclipse, also called a
   [16]ring-of-fire eclipse, when the Moon becomes completely [17]engulfed
   by the Sun and sunlight streams around all of the [18]Moon's edges. In
   answer to the [19]lede question, your tree not only can [20]do this,
   but will do it every time that a visible solar eclipse passes overhead.
   Next April 8, a deeper, [21]total solar eclipse will move across
   [22]North America.

             Album: [23]Selected eclipse images sent in to APOD
                       Tomorrow's picture: eclipse sky
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