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Why our shadows in the morning and evening are large as compared to the noon?

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Shadows are formed when an object is placed in the path of light and that object do not let light to pass through it and shadow is formed on the opposite side of the object. During morning and evening, the incident angle of the light is very small. Due to this, longer shadows are formed in the morning and evening. While at noon incident angle increases, due to which size of shadows decreases.


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