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If we plant a vertical stick at noon, its shadow has radius 'r'. Can we have a formula for the time it will take to have a shadow of length '2r'? Can this formula be made universal for anywhere on earth? (excluding the poles)

by /u/Kerfuffly in /r/askscience

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