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Title: Why did I cast two shadows whilst out walking in the Sun recently?
Post by: connienaqvi on 29/10/2008 19:19:40

I was walking outside on a partly sunny day. I noticed I was casting two shadows, one right behind the other. How is that??  [:0]

Title: Re: Why did I cast two shadows whilst out walking in the Sun recently?
Post by: blakestyger on 29/10/2008 20:30:00

Do you see dead people?

Title: Re: Why did I cast two shadows whilst out walking in the Sun recently?
Post by: BenV on 29/10/2008 20:52:55

It could well be that you were casting one shadow from direct sunlight, and one from reflected sunlight.  It would depend very much on the exact situation.

Title: Re: Why did I cast two shadows whilst out walking in the Sun recently?
Post by: Don_1 on 30/10/2008 10:12:06

Do you have a split personality?

Title: Re: Why did I cast two shadows whilst out walking in the Sun recently?
Post by: BenV on 30/10/2008 10:40:05

Ba-Dum - Tish!

Title: Re: Why did I cast two shadows whilst out walking in the Sun recently?
Post by: lyner on 30/10/2008 13:20:19

Were you filming the Moon Landings at the time?

Title: Why did I cast two shadows whilst out walking in the Sun recently?
Post by: blaze on 30/10/2008 22:11:35

Maybe you are really electrosensitive like I am, and what you were really seeing wasn't a second shadow of yourself, but a microwave beam headed towards the cell phone in your pocket.

Title: Why did I cast two shadows whilst out walking in the Sun recently?
Post by: lyner on 30/10/2008 22:50:09

Seriously, BenV's solution sounds the best one. Clouds can be very good reflectors. They have silver linings!

Title: Why did I cast two shadows whilst out walking in the Sun recently?
Post by: RD on 30/10/2008 22:53:32

Two shadows could be caused by a finger of cloud dividing the disc of the sun into two, creating two light sources.
Such shadows would be close: less than 1/2 a degree apart. A bit like a what occurs during an annular solar eclipse...
 
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