Astronomy Picture of the Day

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                                2020 June 26
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                          Eclipse under the Bamboo
    Image Credit & [3]Copyright: [4]Somak Raychaudhury (Inter-University
                    Centre for Astronomy & Astrophysics)

   Explanation: Want to watch a solar eclipse safely? [5]Try looking down
   instead of up, though you might discover you have a plethora of images
   to choose from. For example, during the [6]June 21st solar eclipse this
   confusing display appeared under a shady bamboo grove in Pune, India.
   Small gaps between close knit leaves on the tall plants effectively
   created a network of randomly placed pinholes. Each one projected a
   separate image of the eclipsed Sun. The snapshot was taken close to the
   time of maximum eclipse in Pune when the Moon covered about 60 percent
   of the Sun's diameter. But an annular eclipse, the Moon in silhouette
   completely surrounded by a bright solar disk at maximum, could be seen
   along a narrow path [7]where the Moon's dark shadow crossed central
   Africa, south Asia, and China
   .

    Gallery: Notable [8]images of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2020 June
                              submitted to APOD
                     Tomorrow's picture: pixels in space
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