Sun pictures are not always simple circles. Back in 2017, my youngest daughter and I went on a backpacking trip that started during an eclipse. The above photo shows the ground shadows in the parking lot near the start of the eclipse. If one wasn’t paying attention, one might not realize how weird they look. […]
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Outdoor images of the sun, from sunlight through small apertures in the foliage, also go by the name “sun pictures”. They are actually inverted images of the sun, just like images from a pinhole camera are inverted. I described them in the April 30 post (https://wonderintheair.com/shadows-from-fences-also-sun-pictures/ ). The above picture shows images arising from gaps
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Shadows on sunny days are everywhere, yet rarely given much thought. Minnaert* makes some interesting observations about shadows that you can readily make yourself, particularly when the sun is low in the sky. Consider shadows from fences, particularly the types made with thick wires running in two directions. Chain-link fences are a common example, and
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