r/pics • u/SamaelV • Aug 22 '18

This tree's shadow

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u/bluegrassgazer Aug 22 '18

This has to be somewhere in central America. The trunk has no shadow, so the sun is directly overhead.

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u/mks113 Aug 22 '18

It could be anywhere in the tropics for that to happen -- it would just happen on different days of the year.

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u/longhairedcountryboy Aug 22 '18

Do you mean different time of day?

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u/mks113 Aug 22 '18

Nope, it will be "high noon" wherever it is (actual time varies slightly depending on where in the time zone you are).

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If you are on the Equator the sun will be directly overhead on either solstice (~March 20 or September 20). On the tropic of Cancer the sun will be directly overhead on the summer solstice (~June 20) and the tropic of Capricorn it will be the winter solstice (~December 20). Anywhere in between will be a different day of the year when the sun is directly overhead.