r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Formal-Enthusiasm699 • 2d ago

High noon sun shining down on top of a tree

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u/BlackberryBoy2_0 2d ago

This is r/mildlysatisfying

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u/RocketBabexo 2d ago

looks like a magic circle

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u/Ok-Tie3969 2d ago

Male pattern hair loss is nothing to laugh about

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u/Suitable_Mode2090 2d ago

ngl I‘m considering showing this to a local tattoo artist

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u/DeltaKT 2d ago

I'll give ya something good if you put it on the forehead.

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u/Imgurbannedme 2d ago

That tree is fucked

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u/MiniLinnieSc 2d ago

That's actually cool, lowkey looks like nerves in a nice pattern.

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u/0krizia 2d ago

so no leaves on top of the tree? strange tree...

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u/Equoniz 2d ago

Not necessarily. If you integrate a 3D density profile that’s in the shape of a thin shell (like the leaves around the outside of the “ball” at the top of this tree) along one direction (like when you cast a shadow), the resulting 2D density profile looks like a lightly filled dark ring…exactly like the shadow we see here.

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u/m1sta_bombastik 1d ago

Cool information, how do you know that?

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u/Equoniz 1d ago

I’m a physicist. One thing we do in my particular experiments is image 3D clouds of atoms on cameras, which are 2D. It effectively does the same thing (integrates a 3D density profile into a 2D density profile). If the atomic cloud is in the shape of a thin shell (can happen after a two bunches of atoms collide for instance), you can get a similar effect when imaging it.

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u/CapeFearFinn 2d ago

Looks like the plant logos on a CAD design

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u/mrspelunx 2d ago

It’s an architectural drawing tree!

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u/346trucker 2d ago

Beautiful!

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u/akron-mike 2d ago

Very cool, but that tree can't be healthy.

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u/Prior-Journalist-520 2d ago

Looks like one of those glass windows from churches

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u/ReganFloyd 2d ago

Nature's spotlight: high noon beauty."

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u/mareprofundus 2d ago

Where is this?

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u/DeltaKT 2d ago

I'm guessing it's gotta be somewhere near the equator.

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u/mareprofundus 2d ago

Right. Just curious as to where.

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u/DeltaKT 2d ago

Same though, haha.

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u/LetMeFixIt82 2d ago

How cool. Where is this? And do you know tree species?

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u/RecbetterpassNJ 2d ago

That’s amazing. Oh, your neighbor has a flat tire.

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u/LimitlessCycling 2d ago

Looks like our lungs 🫁

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u/hokeyphenokey 2d ago

That is interesting.

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u/Agitated_Occasion_52 2d ago

This picture was brought to you by KEEPS new line KEEPS for trees.

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u/Ok_Designer_727 2d ago

That tree is in the perfect spot

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u/Ranglergirl 2d ago

Very nice picture. Good catch

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u/Fire_The_Editor 2d ago

In AZ this means it’s the middle of summer and 110 outside. I loathe overhead shadows

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u/alltiedup818 2d ago

Damn! That’s interesting!

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u/AdWeekly2244 2d ago

They should spray paint it with shiny paint so it glows at noon

Edit, the shadow, I mean. Not the tree

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u/Lazy-Wallaby3227 2d ago

I love this! Good on you to see it and share!

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u/threejackhack 2d ago

Tree X-ray

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u/embarrassed_error365 2d ago

It’s balding on top

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u/Thumbgloss 2d ago

There's something off about the car across the road

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u/IamHereForThaiThai 1d ago

Domain expansion

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u/displayrooster 1d ago

This made me happy

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u/blue-anon 2d ago

This might be worth displaying if you can get the car out of the shot.