We discuss the use of a spherical obstacle as an imaging device for white light illumination. A brief description of the phenomenon is given and then a simple, compact experimental apparatus is described in detail. The experimental results underline the importance of the spatial incoherence of light used in the imaging arrangement. The superiority of incoherent over coherent illumination is demonstrated and some interesting features of imaging by a spherical obstacle are discussed.
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