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. 2020 June 26 [2]See Explanation. Clicking on the picture will download the highest resolution version available. 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 __________________________________________________________________ [9]< | [10]Archive | [11]Submissions | [12]Index | [13]Search | [14]Calendar | [15]RSS | [16]Education | [17]About APOD | [18]Discuss | [19]> __________________________________________________________________ Authors & editors: [20]Robert Nemiroff ([21]MTU) & [22]Jerry Bonnell ([23]UMCP) NASA Official: Phillip Newman [24]Specific rights apply. [25]NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices A service of: [26]ASD at [27]NASA / [28]GSFC & [29]Michigan Tech. U. References 1. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 2. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2006/Eclipse-under-bamboos.jpg 3. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply 4. http://www.iucaa.in/~somak/ 5. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap160308.html 6. https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/annular-solar-eclipse-on-june-21-2020 7. https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/a-solar-eclipse-shadows-asia 8. https://www.facebook.com/pg/APOD.Sky/photos/?tab=album&album_id=2706549852782550 9. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap200625.html 10. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 11. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/apsubmit2015.html 12. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/aptree.html 13. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search 14. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/allyears.html 15. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod.rss 16. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/edlinks.html 17. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html 18. http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=200626 19. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap200627.html 20. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html 21. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/ 22. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html 23. http://www.astro.umd.edu/ 24. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply 25. https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html 26. https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/ 27. https://www.nasa.gov/ 28. https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/ 29. http://www.mtu.edu/