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I'm a bit confused by the geometrical terminology here. Surely when the sun is directly over the Ka'bah all shadows point *away* from it, instead of *toward* it? My point here is that if we have a stick perpendicular to the ground and observe its shadow, the most natural direction that the shadow is said to point at is in the direction from the base of the stick outwards, rather than from the end of the shadow inwards, as some passages in this article would currently seem to imply. For instance, I feel this sentence in the lead section needs changing:
"During these times, the Sun appears in the direction of the Ka'bah when visible from any observer on earth, and its shadows cast by vertical objects indicate the same direction." ["opposite direction" clearer, more accurate?]
And in § Observation: "As the sun crosses almost directly above the Ka'bah, any shadow of the Sun cast by vertical objects (such as a stick placed vertically) on earth will point to the Muslim holy site." ["...will point directly away from..." better?] oatco (talk) 02:12, 15 July 2020 (UTC)
A fact from Qibla observation by shadows appeared on Wikipedia's
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The result was: promoted by
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03:14, 5 July 2020 (UTC)
Created/expanded by HaEr48 ( talk). Self-nominated at 02:08, 29 June 2020 (UTC).
I'm a bit confused by the geometrical terminology here. Surely when the sun is directly over the Ka'bah all shadows point *away* from it, instead of *toward* it? My point here is that if we have a stick perpendicular to the ground and observe its shadow, the most natural direction that the shadow is said to point at is in the direction from the base of the stick outwards, rather than from the end of the shadow inwards, as some passages in this article would currently seem to imply. For instance, I feel this sentence in the lead section needs changing:
"During these times, the Sun appears in the direction of the Ka'bah when visible from any observer on earth, and its shadows cast by vertical objects indicate the same direction." ["opposite direction" clearer, more accurate?]
And in § Observation: "As the sun crosses almost directly above the Ka'bah, any shadow of the Sun cast by vertical objects (such as a stick placed vertically) on earth will point to the Muslim holy site." ["...will point directly away from..." better?] oatco (talk) 02:12, 15 July 2020 (UTC)