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Is it normal to have the shadow of a plane flying in front of the sun hit you?

I have a clear view of the sky from my apartment and the sun rises directly in front of my view. I also live near an airport and the flight path of planes flying to land is also directly in front of my view. Countless times I have noticed a plane completely covering the sunlight into my apartment for a brief second.. But when I think about it, what are the odds of that happening? The sky is huge, and the sun could be shining on my apartment from any angle, and somehow a relatively tiny plane that is several miles away from me and about 1,000 feet in the air just so happens to cross that specific path of sunlight into my apartment?!? And several planes will do it in the span of a few minutes but then it doesn't happen again for that day, which means there is a very small window of time where a plane and the sun light into my apartment can directly cross paths, and this happens ALL the time whenever the sun is shining bright enough.

And it doesn't just happen when I'm in my apartment either. Countless times I have been walking on the street, or riding my bike, or even in a car and the shadow of a plane will cover me on the street for a brief second. Seriously what are the odds of that constantly happening??

Does anybody else ever notice this happening to them?

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Zaphod42 · 46-50, M
Do you hang out in the flight path of an airport?