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Shadows and Solar Zenith Name__________________________ Lab Partner_____________________ Section________________________ Introduction: The solar zenith angle is defined to be the angle between the sun and a line that goes straight up (to the zenith) In reality the sun is very far from Earth and relative to this distance the Earth is very small. In the drawing (below right) The Earth is drawn much larger than it should be if the vertical scale matched the horizontal scale. The main point is that all rays that leave the sun and hit the Earth travel essentially par