For a few minutes, the Sun can make something impossible-looking happen: your shadow nearly disappears. This phenomenon is called Lahaina N

For a few minutes, the Sun can make something impossible-looking happen: your shadow nearly disappears. This phenomenon is called Lahaina Noon. It occurs when the Sun passes almost directly overhead in certain locations near the tropics, causing sunlight to fall nearly straight down onto the ground. That’s why people, poles, and other objects can appear almost completely shadowless. It looks like the Sun has erased your shadow—but it’s really a rare moment of perfect alignment between your location, Earth, and the Sun.