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What makes a big shadow so blurry?

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I've had to make some assumptions about what you're really asking here; if I'm wrong, please clarify your question and ask again.

A "big" shadow usually happens when the object casting the shadow is a long way from the surface it's casting the shadow on.

Light refracts and spreads, and the more distance it has to do this in, the more it refracts and spreads.

The combination of the two factors means that a "big" shadow, where the surface is a long distance from the object casting the shadow, is likely to be more blurry than a "small" shadow where the object is near the surface.

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