Twice a year in Hawaii, they experience a zero shadow phenomenon known as Lahaina noon.

The phenomenon is called Subsolar Point and actually happens twice a year at any point within the tropics, between latitude 23° North and 23° South.

The Shadow Realm taking a day off! 🌀 The word 'Lahaina' actually means 'cruel sun'. The light that time is so intense - it hits at a perfect 90° angle. 🔥☀️

Has any film director utilized this? Would be interesting to see how they adapt this into the plot.

The same effect happens on any other random cloudy day anywhere on Earth

Geometry of sunlight is surprisingly precise

This happens throughout the tropics because the sun is at its zenith, or directly overhead, at the latitude where the region is located. The sun moves from one tropic to the other in six months, which is why the phenomenon is observed twice a year

That’s some type of magic trick - right? 😳

Happens for any latitude between the Tropic of Capricorn and the Tropic of Cancer, depending on the time of year. Not just in Hawaii.

So yeah, anywhere between the two Tropic lines will experience this at the some time.

Proving the sun is not where you think it is.

@StacyLuzzi

My brain cannot process. Is this not AI??

Lahaina is still recovering.

what time is the assigned time this happened? Because this is when we should have "12 Noon" set at year long, adjusting manmade constraints accordingly.

That's cool.

Twice a year in a lot of places...

Creepy

You should have shown the sun

Zero shadow Amazing

ummmm.......

What's the mystery 🤔

I didn't know how important a shadow can be

Explain why @grok

I knew the earth was flat!

Someone forgot to bake the light map haha

That happens every night on the mainland.

Cool

It is considered one of the possible causes of "tropical madness" in sailors.

@grok is there a specific date for this phenomenon? Makes sense. The sun is at a 90° angle to that part of the earth. With it being directly overhead it would not leave any shadow other than the bottom of the object.

That’s Kool, how long does it last? I assume this is due to the sun being directly above casting the shadow straight down

This is so cool

Interesting Why only in Hawaii?

The rest of the time we just experience soul crushing rent, gas and food prices.

Pick the objects up!