Malaysians out in blazing sun for photo ops

PETALING JAYA: People on social media shared photographs of themselves and other objects appearing to be without shadows during the “noon without shadow” phenomenon.

Twitter user @tauhidaziz shared a video showing the shadows of trees and parked cars slowly disappearing.

When someone commented that this could have been due to a cloud temporarily obscuring the sun, he responded that it was a completely sunny outside.

“(I) never realised we always see the sun at a certain angle,” said another user, @iamdineshdharma, sharing some photos.

Yet another user, @jessicslee, commented how hot it was yesterday, saying that “39°C was recorded on the road”.

“If you’ve been feeling the extra hot weather lately, one of the reasons is because it’s the time of the year when the sun is closest to us, directly on top of our heads,” wrote @wanariefimran.

The comments came following a statement by Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Dr Adham Baba that Malaysians would be able to experience a “noon without a shadow” as the sun would be directly overhead during the Equinox.

However, others took to social media to say that they waited to experience the phenomenon but could not see a difference from normal days.

“(I) excitedly hurried to open the door, not to the point of going out and standing under the sun though, but saw that the trees still had shadows underneath,” wrote Twitter user @nadmrh.

User @jacewilliam25 posted two photos and said that it looked the same.

“Not sure but my place is not happening. Pic before and after.”