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Aeroplanes do cast shadows, but when they are in flight we don't see those shadows on the ground. This is because the aeroplane is several miles above the surface of the earth, and the direct light from the sun can reach the ground from different angles around the plane.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 15y agoQ: Why doesn't an airplane leave a shadow when it flying over head? It does. However, if the airplane is very high, the shadow will not appear because of the great distances. The shadow becomes small and the light that is reflected off other surfaces will fill in the shadow so it "disappears". This is true for anything, not just airplanes. Try this experiment at home. Turn off the lights and get the room dark. Use a flashlight and project a shadow on the wall. Now turn on the lights in the room. Or open the window curtains and let in the natural sunlight. Eventually the shadow will grow dim and be hard to see.
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∙ 11y agoEither you are not looking in the right place or the bird is so high up that the rays of the Sun are all around the bird and therefore the shadow is so diffuse that it is not very noticeable (with proper equipment you could measure it though).
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∙ 10y agoA shadow is an area where direct light from a light source cannot reach due to obstruction by an object. It occupies all of the space behind an opaque object with light in front of it. The cross section of a shadow is a two-dimensional silhouette, or reverse projection of the object blocking the light. Sunlight causes many objects to have shadows at certain times of the day. The angle of the sun, its apparent height in the sky causes a change in the length of shadows. Low-angles create longer shadows.
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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)
Why do shadows in the southern half of Australia point south at midday?
There is more daylight on the south of the equator due to the tilt of the earth. The earth tilts toward the sun in the southern hemisphere, and away from the sun in the northern hemisphere.
What is a antonym for the word perch?
bring low, cast down, couch, demit, depress, descend, detrude, droop, drop, ground, let down, make lower, push down, reduce, set down, sink, submerge, take down
What forms when a fossil mold is filled?
when fossile mould is filled it forms the model of the fossile
What is cast fossil?
it is a fossil copy of an organism filled withsediment or mineral deposits.
Why do not things flying high aeroplane cast their shadows?
They do cast a shadow, however they are so high up the shadow is very small
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)
Why do birds not cast there shadow while flying?
They do cast shadows.
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
What do you call the object that do not cast a shadow?
ground ot
Where is the shadow cast relation to the sun?
The nearer the sun is to the ground, the longer the shadow casted.
Why do birds flying high not cast a shadow explain shortly?
when an object is closer to the light source,the larger and fuzzier is the shadow.also if the object is moved away from the screen,the shadow is fuzzier.therefore the bird which is close to sun and away from the ground casts a fuzzier shadow in the atmosphere which cannot be seen
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.
What is the physical sign of an eagle hunting?
eagles cast a shadow on the ground
Why are shadows cast on the ground?
A shadow is a place where direct light has been blocked from reaching in the presence of direct light around it. Because most direct light is received from the sun, the shadow is cast on the ground. The light would normally have reached the ground, but something (a person, a building, a cloud, etc.) blocked the light between the sun and the ground resulting in a shadow.
Why is there no shadow of the tree on the ground at 8pm?
as there is no sunlight at 8pm,and shadow is formed when light can not pass through that object casting shadow and if u throw light on tree it will not cast shadow on the ground as it only can happen before sunset.....
Does the full moon cast a shadow on the ground like the sun does?
Yes, it certainly can cause a shadow. Of course, it needs an object between the Moon and ground to actually cast the shadow.During a solar eclipse the Moon itself casts a shadow, but that's at New Moon, not Full Moon.Often it's hard to see a moonlight shadow, because of all the artificial lighting in towns.
