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Actually, it would be just the opposite. Being closer to the sun would mean that light has more paths to travel around your body to the (floor? wall?) and would appear to be more blurry.
If you want, you can see this effect for yourself around sunrise and sunset. Have a buddy stand in the morning or evening light when the sun is casting a long shadow. Look at the shadow close to their feet, and see how sharp it is compared to the shadow of their head. Note: this doesn't work well on grass, try something solid like concrete.
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How can you make a shadow bigger?
If you put your object further backwards your shadow will become bigger but if you put your object more forwards your shadow will become smaller!
What does a shadow mean?
Stand in the sunshine, back to the sun. That flat person on the ground in front of you is your shadow.
Why do shadows become big and small?
Shadows change size because as the the goes on the sun travels round the earth causing the sun to be closer or further away, the closer the sun is to the earth the bigger the Shadow, and vice versa. The Shadow will be at its biggest at around midday.
Is your shadow bigger or smaller when your closer to the sun?
The closer you are to the light the smaller the source of light gets, but at the same time the closer you are to the light the stronger the light. the further you are to the light the weaker the light.
Why we get shadow on sunny day?
Stand with your back to the Sun, and look at your shadow on the ground. Your shadow is created because your body is blocking out the sunlight.
Where would your shadow be at noon if you lived closer to the equator?
There will be no shadow because the sun will be directly over your head on the equator at 12 noon.
When it is the afternoon your shadow will get?
At midday your shadow will be at its shortest as the sun is closer to being overhead and you block less of its light. As the afternoon progresses and it gets further past midday the sun sinks lower in the sky and your shadow gets longer.
Why we get shadows on a sunny day?
Stand with your back to the Sun, and look at your shadow on the ground. Your shadow is created because your body is blocking out the sunlight.
What determines the shape of a shadow?
the way that you stand determines the shape of a shadow.
Where is the sun in the sky to make a short shadow?
As high a possible, at mid day. It's even shorter as you get closer to the tropics, where at the right time, the sun can be directly overhead.
Why the shadow appear long and some times appear short?
The length of a shadow is governed by the position of the light which shines upon an object. Take yourself for instance, if you stand with your back to a just rising sun all of its light is blocked by your body causing your shadow to be long. If you are able to stand in the same position for a long time you will notice your shadow becoming shorter. This is because the light of the sun shines on a smaller area of your body causing your shadow to shorten. If the sun was directly overhead you would only see a very small shadow around your feet. As the sun lowers in the sky in front of you the reverse happens and your shadow starts to get longer.
If one plane was flying 500 feet from the ground and another plane was 1000 feet with the sun directly above them which plane would cast a greater shadow?
1000 feet above ground because it's closer to the sun. If you take an object and put it in front of a lamp the closer you put it the bigger the the shadow it will cast
