The APOD of October 2, 2007 shows an analemma that features a total solar eclipse. An analemma is when a photographer goes outside everyday at exactly the same time and takes a picture of the sun (this is the result - a figure 8 pattern). This particular picture features a solar eclipse and as such is called a Tutulemma (because of the Turkish word for eclipse). One of the links is "great planning" which takes you to a picture on wikipedia of a train that crashed out of the two story station.... Wow. Astronomers have a weird sense of humor.
The sun's apaprent shift is caused by the rotation of the Earth and by the tilt of Earth's axis. The solar eclipse in this picture is from March 29 of 2006. The base image is from that date, in Turkey.
(I wanna go to a water park in Turkey to watch a total solar eclipse...)
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