People in Bengaluru experienced a unique astronomical phenomenon as their shadows disappeared from the surface. The city experienced Zero Shadow Day at 12:17 pm as the Sun was overhead on Tuesday. Bengaluru locals who witnessed the phenomenon shared a range of photos and videos.
Zero Shadow Day, when the sun is above and the reference pole casts no shadow, was seen in Bengaluru today at 12:17. When vertical objects don't throw any shadows on Zero Shadow Day, which happens twice a year, it seems to observers to be rather surreal. Bengaluru locals who witnessed the phenomenon shared a range of photos and videos.
For the unaware, any vertically positioned item that would become shadowless when the sun was directly overhead may serve as the reference pole. According to The Weather Channel, the unusual celestial phenomena mainly happens in areas close to the equator that are between the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn.
all vertical objects in the city were shadowless at 12:17 pm! It occurs twice a year when the sun 🌞 is exactly overhead pic.twitter.com/Q6BhxPSdha
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Witnessed the Zero Shadow stuff in Bangalore now. Interesting stuff. Looks photoshopped. pic.twitter.com/aa1COdNwWW
— Ujyant Ramesh (@ujyant29)Zero shadow day! Omg check this out! Watch the pole disappear and reappear 😃 pic.twitter.com/uiQRTu9ZM7
— ThoughtsByAish (@ThoughtsByAish)Today was apparently the phenomenon in Bengaluru at 12:17pm. Vertical placed objects hardly show any drop shadow because of angle at which the sun rays fall. Was testing it on my watch. pic.twitter.com/LKehKAmACw
— Nishant Ratnakar (@nishantr)The Zero Shadow was the result of Earth's unique tilt on its axis and occurs twice a year in some parts of the world. The unique phenomenon is observed in places between +23.5- and -23.5-degrees latitude on the planet.
On August 18, Bengaluru will have its subsequent Zero Shadow Day. So this is your opportunity if you missed it the first time.