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Grade 66 grade science

why do we see small patches of sun light under a tree covered with large number of leaves

Profile image of Bawan aibok Rynjah
7 Years agoGrade 6
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Profile image of Arun
7 Years ago
The bright circular patches of light under the tree is called pinhole images, the source of the light is the sun, the dry porous leaves and the gaps between the leaves acts as the screen, and the phenomenon is known as diffraction of lights