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Converging lens focal point

The Simpsons
Episode 14 (414), Season 19
"Dial 'N' For Nerder"
Screencaps from hulu.com

Nelson Muntz encounters the "ant-burning spot," where nominally parallel rays from the Sun (behind Nelson? shadows?) converge to the far focal point, on a hapless ant (that manages to survive).

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