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Because even though water is transparent, it diffracts (bends) light. When the water gets in the path of the light, some light will be reflected away at the surface, and more light will be diverted away by the diffraction. This will cause a loss of light energy on the other side of the water. Since the light in this area has less energy, it appears less bright, and this causes the "shadow".

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