Commemoration Day Without Shadows, 1000 Water Rocket Launched

VIVAnews - Today, Friday, March 1, 2013, there is a natural phenomenon that only happens twice a year, a day without a shadow. On this day at 11:49 am, the sun passes directly overhead, so if all the objects or material has no shadow.


"At 11:49 pm, the shadow directly beneath us, so as if we have no shadow or reflection we lost," said AR Sugeng Riyadi, caregivers Group Astronomy Assalaam, Assalaam Boarding School, in Surakarta, Central Java.

To commemorate the day without a shadow, as many as 1,000 rockets fired into the air at the water complex Ponpes Assalaam, Surakarta. The launching of water rockets is done by the students to socialize Ponpes Assalaam natural phenomenon "day without a shadow" to the students and the community.

Sugeng said, a day without a shadow occurs twice a year, March 1 at 11:49 pm and October 13 at 11:21 pm. "This phenomenon is very important, but many people who do not know," he said.

Why is it called a critical phenomenon? Since the day without a shadow also be a marker of noon prayers. "This is a decisive parameter for noon prayers. All prayers will be known when the timing noon already known, "said Sugeng.

Sources: http://teknologi.news.viva.co.id/news/read/394320