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Why cannot we see an upside down image of the sun through the pinhole camera?


A

A pinhole camera can only make point size images.

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Light travels in straight line.

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C

Sun is spherical in shape.

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D

Sun is too bright.

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Solution

The correct option is C

Sun is spherical in shape.


Pinhole camera forms inverted images only. The inverted image of a spherical object will still be spherical. Hence, the image appears to be the same as that of the original.


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