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Images of the sun projected through the leaf canopy
Unexpected astronomy: Circular light patches under a tree canopy are the images of the sun. Each small opening in the leaf canopy acts as pinhole camera - in effect these are projections of the solar image through hundreds of pinhole cameras.
When observed during the solar eclipse, the images would be of the (partially) eclipsed sun - for example they all might appear as 'crescent' suns.
See the previously posted image of the sun through a single pinhole: www.flickr.com/photos/astronomyatstevens/14620703938/
See the similar photos taken during the solar eclipse of August 21, 2017:
www.flickr.com/photos/astronomyatstevens/36683403586/
www.flickr.com/photos/astronomyatstevens/36683403966/
Photo: Vladimir Lukic
Images of the sun projected through the leaf canopy
Unexpected astronomy: Circular light patches under a tree canopy are the images of the sun. Each small opening in the leaf canopy acts as pinhole camera - in effect these are projections of the solar image through hundreds of pinhole cameras.
When observed during the solar eclipse, the images would be of the (partially) eclipsed sun - for example they all might appear as 'crescent' suns.
See the previously posted image of the sun through a single pinhole: www.flickr.com/photos/astronomyatstevens/14620703938/
See the similar photos taken during the solar eclipse of August 21, 2017:
www.flickr.com/photos/astronomyatstevens/36683403586/
www.flickr.com/photos/astronomyatstevens/36683403966/
Photo: Vladimir Lukic