The Sun passed at Zenith at Noon over Mangalore and Udupi and will continue doing so in the North. PAAC was unable to mention the news while it was occurring across Kerala and Tamil Nadu, however, we’ve spread the news for this summer and urge people to observe the phenomenon.
To know about when ZSD comes to your place, check out our post : Zero Shadow Day : Your Shadow finally takes a break!
We streamed the Live Stream of the moment from Mangalore on our YouTube Channel :
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And the Live Stream of the moment from Udupi on our Facebook Page :
And Several followers and students sent us Photos of the moment as well. Take a Look:
ZSD at Udupi
ZSD by Sannidhi – Student at PPC, Udupi
ZSD Observation by Sannidhi Hoblidar
ZSD by Shreesha Prabhu – Student at PPC
Shreesha also used this to demonstrate.
ZSD demo by Shubhashri Shenoy – Student at PPC
Shubhashri also made a stencil to demonstrate her love for Astronomy using ZSD
ZSD Shadows of household items and Toys by Mrs. Prathibha C. Acharya – Asst. Professor, Dept of Physics, PPC
ZSD demo using a bottle by Ms. Chaithra – Asst. Professor, Dept of Physics, PPC
And then we have this…
Perfectly Aligned Stencils which will cast the image of the PAAC logo only on ZSD demonstrated by Mohammed Hashim – Student PPC
ZSD at Mangalore
Stencil Demo of PAAC Logo by Mr. Atul Bhat – Asst. Professor, Dept of Physics, PPC
Zero Shadows of Perfectly straight objects by Atul Bhat
Zero Shadow of a top half of a Matryoshka Doll by Atul Bhat
Zero Shadow demo by Mr. Victor
ZSD at Other Places
ZSD demo of perfect Circle cast by a Pipe – Image by Aravinda Kudla from Kuddupadavu
Zero Shadow at Chamarajanagara by Mr. Bharat Achar
Zero Shadow at Surathkal, Mangalore by Ms. Keerthana U.
Zero Shadow at Madikeri by Mr. G.R. Sadashiva
Another great Stencil demo by Adithya S.N from Bangalore – An old student of PPC
And then the ZSD at Sirsi coincided with the birthday of the polymath Henri Poincaré.
Dedication to Poincaré by Vibhav Mangalore, Sirsi a.k.a @thekirigamist