We Measure the Shortest Shadows of the Year!
Creative Think
JUNE 21, 2010
Rocket scientist Steve Fuselier (right) and I (left) measured a vertical poolside pole and the length of the shadow it casts at 1:09 PM. If you swim at noon, you get the shortest shadows of the day. Having two sides of a right triangle, we then did a simple trigonometry calculation (tan-1) to determine the sun's height at its transit.
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