Color of shadow on Earth During the daytime, a shadow cast by an opaque object illuminated by sunlight ha s a bluish tinge.

This happens because of Rayleigh scattering, the same property that causes the sky to appear blue. The opaque object is able to block the ligh t of the sun, but not the ambient light of the sky which is blue as the atmosphe re molecules scatter blue light more effectively. As a result, the shadow appear s bluish.[4] In photography In photography, which is essentially recording patterns of light, shade, and col our, "highlights" and "shadows" are the brightest and darkest parts of a scene o r image. Photographic exposure must be adjusted (unless special effects are want ed) to allow the film or sensor, which has limited dynamic range, to record deta il in the highlights without them being washed out, and in the shadows without t heir becoming undifferentiated black areas. Fog shadows Fog shadows look odd since humans are not used to seeing shadows in three dimens ions. The thin fog is just dense enough to be illuminated by the light that pass es through the gaps in a structure or in a tree. As a result, the path of an obj ect shadow through the "fog" appears darkened. In a sense, these shadow lanes ar e similar to crepuscular rays, which are caused by cloud shadows, but here, they are caused by the shadows of solid objects. Other notes A shadow cast by the Earth on the Moon is a lunar eclipse. Conversely, a shadow cast by the Moon on the Earth is a solar eclipse. Jasmine flowers soft shadows On satellite imagery and aerial photographs, taken vertically, tall buildings ca n be recognized as such by their long shadows (if the photographs are not taken in the tropics around noon), while these also show more of the shape of these bu ildings. A shadow shows, apart from distortion, the same image as the silhouette when loo king at the object from the sun-side, hence the mirror image of the silhouette s een from the other side (see picture). Shadow as a term is often used for any occlusion, not just those with respect to light. For example, a rain shadow is a dry area, which, with respect to the pre vailing wind direction, is beyond a mountain range; the range is "blocking" wate r from crossing the area. An acoustic shadow can be created by terrain as well t hat will leave spots that can't easily hear sounds from a distance. Sciophobia, or sciaphobia, is the fear of shadows. Mythological connotations Main article: Ghost An unattended shadow or shade was thought by some cultures to be similar to that of a ghost. Heraldry In heraldry, when a charge is supposedly shown in shadow (the appearance is of t he charge merely being outlined in a neutral tint rather than being of one or mo re tinctures different from the field on which it is placed), it is called umbra -ted. Supposedly only a limited number of specific charges can be so depicted. S hadows can be colored by a colored transparent source of the shadow.