Solar phenomenon makes shadows disappear in an Australian region just TWICE a ...
The bizarre solar phenomenon that hits an Australian region just TWICE a year - so can you see what's so different about these pictures? Just after midday on Tuesday shadows vanished in Northern Territory capital The phenomenon happens twice a year in Darwin and a handful of other places Shadows disappear for a few minutes as the sun's rays are at exactly 90 degrees
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An Australian region has witnessed a bizarre solar phenomenon that happens twice a year for just minutes in only a handful of countries on Earth.
In Darwin at 12.30pm on Tuesday the sun's rays were exactly perpendicular to the planet causing shadows on the ground to completely disappear.
The alignment happens twice a year - on different dates for each location - in Darwin, Cairns and Townsville in Australia and in some other places such as Hawaii where the event is called Lahaina Noon.
The phenomenon at Darwin Airport showing shadows disappearing from a road sign (pictured)
Twice a year Darwin gets the sun's rays at exactly right angles to the ground (pictured)
'As the Earth zips around the sun, one side is
