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By Lauredhel on August 27, 2007
Today’s magic shot – dappled tree shadows during a solar eclipse.

The tiny spaces between the leaves of a tree create a multiplicity of camera obscura images on the ground. This photos was taken by Nils van der Burg in Madrid, 2005. I recall seeing a similar effect in the 1999 eclipse, but was cameraless at the time.
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Lauredhel is an Australian woman and mother with a disability. She blogs about disability and accessibility, social and reproductive justice, gender, freedom from violence, the uses and misuses of language, medical science, otters, gardening, and cooking.
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Wow, I’ve never seen this. How wonderful.