By Wan Nurul Atiqah
KUALA LUMPUR, 29 March 2022: Following the Afternoon Without Shadow event that has been observed in numerous regions yesterday, netizens have been enthusiastically sharing images of their legs and other objects that appear to be without shadows.
BERNAMA reported that the rare phenomenon was experienced by residents in Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya at 1.19 pm and in Shah Alam at 1.20 pm.
Mohd Hafidzul Mohd Arif, through a posting on his Facebook was captivated by the phenomenon, willing to stand under the blistering sun to witness for himself the special moment.
“It was thrilling standing and waiting under the sun,” said Mohd Hafidzul who also shared a photograph of his legs which did not have shadows.
Another netizen, Zulkifli Bakar, took advantage of the chance to document the phenomena by posting a photo of an oil canister with no shadow.
“No shadow,” he added in the comment section.
The phenomenon was a follow-up to the equinox which took place last Sunday (March 21) when the sun was exactly on the equator.
During the equinox, the whole world experienced night and day of the same duration, namely, 12 hours of day and 12 hours of night, other than indicating the beginning of spring in the northern hemisphere and autumn in the southern hemisphere.
The Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI), in a statement said the phenomenon was dubbed as such because in the afternoon, the sun would be overhead of every person on the equator rendering them shadowless.
The country would continue to experience the phenomenon in other states on the subsequent dates until the last towns, namely, Kudat and Jamboangan in Sabah on 7 April.***
Source: BERNAMA