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    • Emperor Penguins on the ice, with shadow from sun.
    Rights: Christopher Michel, CC BY 2.0 Published 23 May 2019 Size: 3.2 MB Referencing Hub media

    The Sun is low on the horizon so the penguin’s shadow1 is long. An object is always between a light source and the surface on which its shadow forms.

    1. shadow: A dark image produced when an object blocks rays of light from reaching a surface.

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    Light and shadows

    When children draw pictures of the Sun, they often show rays radiating outwards – similar to the image below. These light rays travel in a straight line at nearly 300,000 kilometres per second ...

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      2. A dark image produced when an object blocks rays of light from reaching a surface.

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