bajajudy
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Tropic of Cancer
This was taken at Summer Solstice 2 years ago. You can see the the shadow of the ball is perfectly round as the sun was directly overhead. It was
taken at approximately 1pm local time.
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Neat
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The stake in the forground is also interesting to see no long shadow, as the sun is straight up! Thanks for posting!
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You're right David, I hadnt noticed that before.
The little plant has none either.
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I guess I love being a spoilsport, as I see the left side shadow is much longer than the right, but that may be because its 1pm.
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Yup, true NOON is when there is no shadow on the tropic of cancer, that day... If you are on daylight savings, 1 pm should have been ok... ? Maybe the
ball is 100 meters too far north! Somebody GPS the thing... But what map datum would be true degrees from the equator?
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bajajudy
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Thank you David
It was actually at 12:02 GMT
[Edited on 11-8-2005 by bajajudy]
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| Quote: | Originally posted by comitan
I guess I love being a spoilsport, as I see the left side shadow is much longer than the right, but that may be because its 1pm.
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I thought the same thing when I saw it
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Well 1pm on the equanox is probably PDT and would be 12noon on PST.
It apears to me that there is a white circle on the ground and the shadow is within that circle all the way around (that I can see) Also where you
are in a time zone (east-west) can have a hour's difference in the sun's location.
I believe that the stake in the foreground will show no shadow when the sun is directly overhead.
But it's a great shot Judy - keep them coming.
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I've always wondered...
...what happened to the orb, when 'Atlas Shrugged'...now I know its in BCS!
Great picture - thanks!
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bajajudy
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Actually we are in MST. However on that day we were MDT.
Go Figure
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If you have ever been in a modern city with many skyscrapers at the equatorial solstice you will have seen that every building is in its own shadow.
All the sides of all the the buildings are dark while the sky is extremely bright. I've seen this (in Nairobi) and it looks very weird.
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bajajudy
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Oh ye of so little faith
Here is another shot....none of the stakes have shadows
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bajajudy
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My husband also pointed out that there is a distinct possibility that the sphere is not round.
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Same idea
Summer solstice. June '92.
9 palms, East Cape.
Of course when our good Tejano buddy Jim tries to check for his own shadow, he makes a shadow.
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oladulce
That is even better!
We just got hung up on the Tropic of Cancer ball, I guess, for documentation.
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