Astronomy Picture of the Day · October 15, 2023

An Eclipse Tree

The Astronomy Picture of the Day for October 15, 2023 is “An Eclipse Tree,” an image. The picture is copyrighted by its creator (Image Credit & Copyright: Shawn Wyre). The original explanation runs about 180 words.

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 — Credit: Image Credit & Copyright: Shawn Wyre Copyrighted Shown from science.nasa.gov. Not hosted by OpenOrbit.

From the 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.”

— APOD editors, October 15, 2023

Read the full explanation on science.nasa.gov

At a glance

Date: October 15, 2023
Type: Image
Credit: Credit: Image Credit & Copyright: Shawn Wyre
Copyright: Copyrighted by the credited creator. Ask the copyright holder before reusing it.
Explanation length: About 180 words

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Source

Astronomy Picture of the Day, October 15, 2023 — science.nasa.gov/image-article/apod-2023-october-15-an-eclipse-tree

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