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Solar: Shadow simulation at a certain place at a certain time on a certain day

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shadow simulation at a certain place at a certain time on a certain day with realthunder


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rh63YgHKg-g

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Re: Solar: Shadow simulation at a certain place at a certain time on a certain day

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Beautiful. Super useful for making solar panel setup, I imagine. Are there other places you expect this to be useful?
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Re: Solar: Shadow simulation at a certain place at a certain time on a certain day

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jnxd wrote: Wed May 10, 2023 9:31 am Beautiful. Super useful for making solar panel setup, I imagine. Are there other places you expect this to be useful?
thank you for your feedback. I can imagine that it can be useful in agriculture.

here is a simulation of the shortest day in the year and the longest day in the year

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wl716HvTEDY

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