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Why do you seldom see the shadow of an airplane even during a bright sunny day?
because it has no screen
Why the shadow of flying bird is not seen on the ground even though it is opaque?
If you see a bird but do not see a shadow on the ground, it is probably because of the angle the light is coming from. If you drew an imaginary line form the source of light, (probably the sun) through the bird, you would find the shadow of the bird where the line touched the ground. If there is no light, the bird cannot make a shadow.
Why can't you see the shadow of an airplane when it flies above you?
As the plane is taking off or landing you can follow it for several minutes. As the plane gets higher, the shadow is farther away, and so it looks smaller and smaller. However, you can compare the size to that of barns and trucks on the highway; it's not changing size much. There's another problem with shadows made by the sun, which you will observe if you compare the shadow of the top of the flag pole to the shadow of the part near eye-level: the sun is not a dot on the sky, so that sunlight comes from many slightly different directions. This makes the shadow fuzzy. When the airplane is so high that it doesn't look much bigger than the sun (seen from the ground), its shadow will be extremely fuzzy and you can no longer see it.
What do you see of the phase of the moon first quarter?
You see the shadow of Earth cast upon the moon. The Sun's light creates the shadow and illuminates the quarter moon you see.
How does a shadow change during the day?
When you stand in the sun , your body is a virtual sundial.When it is high noon, you will see little or no shadow . As the sun goes down , your shadow will move to the right , and act like the little hand on the face of a clock.In the morning , you will see your shadow on your left [ keep your back to the sun to see the time ] With practice , you can get pretty accurate.
i see what you cant see what am i?
A flying predator drone.
Why the shadow of an airplane is not visible when is flying high in the sky?
It is visible, but quite big and moving very fast so you cannot see it from the ground. -It is often very visible from other aircraft.
Why do you never see an airplane's shadow?
If you're standing on the ground, then the plane's shadow is too small,and it moves too fast.Hint: The shadow is on you only when you see the plane fly across the sun.It's much easier to see the shadow when you're in the plane.
Why cant you see the shadow of a flying airplane?
You can! If you look in the right place (and of course if the plane is close enough to the ground that it is not so diffuse as to be almost unnoticeable. The Sun appears almost 1/2 a degree wide, if the airplane appears close to ar less than that then a shadow will be very difficult to detect without proper equipment. You cannot see because the distance between the ground and the plane is long
When flying to Jamaica from Florida what islands can you see from the airplane?
It all depends on what airline you take, where you are flying into ( Kingston or Mo Bay), and where you are flying out of in Florida
How do you make a flying Ninja paper airplane?
See the video tutorial below . . .
Do airplanes work?
Of course they work - didn't you ever see an airplane flying?
Why do you seldom see the shadow of an airplane even during a bright sunny day?
because it has no screen
What would you see if you were in an airplane flying over Europe?
land water green and blue stuff
Why shadows of airplane not formed?
Aeroplanes certainly do form shadows. If you're riding in the aeroplane andlooking out through the window, you can often see the shadow following youon clouds below you. And if you're on the ground and see the aeroplane passin front of the sun, then its shadow has zipped across you.
What is the length of the shadow at midday?
It's determined by the height (angle above the horizon) of the Sun, and the physical height of the object throwing the shadow. The height of the Sun at midday is 90 degrees minus the latitude plus the Sun's declination of the day, which varies by up to ±23.5 degrees through the year. The length of the shadow is the height of the object divided by the tangent of the Sun's height. Example, a 6 ft object at 50 degrees north on June 21: height of the object is 6 ft, divided by tan(90 - 50 + 23.5) so the shadow has a length of 3 ft.
Why do birds not cast their shadows while flying high in the sky?
Birds flying up in the sky do not cast their shadow because the source of light (sun) is too large compared to the object (bird) and the umbra of the shadow formed on the screen (ground) is very small, negligible.So it is tough to see its shadow on the ground. (P.S. If this is a VNS student reading this for Physics research, then I'm pretty sure you're in my grade and you know who I am)
