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The Moon appearing bigger...when close to the horizon

Raoul — 8/6/2007 9:06:12 PM (archived)

It's like the Ponzo illusion:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/02/Ponzo_illusion.gif

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Space Weather: It's August! Beware the Mars Hoax. - Marcia - 8/6/2007 7:40:05 PM
- re: Space Weather: It's August! - Moon and Pleiades meet. - Marcia - 8/8/2007 3:08:05 PM
  - re: Space Weather: It's August! - Moon and Pleiades meet. - Marcia - 8/8/2007 3:10:39 PM
- re: Space Weather: It's August! Beware the Mars Hoax. - Delbert - 8/6/2007 9:25:04 PM
  - It's out there, all right. - Hank - 8/7/2007 3:05:19 PM
    - re: It's out there, all right. - Delbert - 8/7/2007 6:39:49 PM
- A grain of truth - Hank - 8/6/2007 8:55:39 PM
  - re: A grain of truth. - Delusion of crowds. - Marcia - 8/6/2007 9:25:57 PM
  - The Moon appearing bigger...when close to the horizon - Raoul - 8/6/2007 9:06:12 PM
    - That's not the only moon illusion - Hank - 8/6/2007 10:31:36 PM
      - Never heard about it nor can I find references about it with google - Raoul - 8/7/2007 8:55:52 AM
        
        re: Never heard about it nor can I find references about it with google - Hank - 8/7/2007 12:44:09 PM
- too late -- my mom already fell for it... - JimO - 8/6/2007 8:22:19 PM

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