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Summer Moon Illusion

Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 11:53 am
by [Syl]
science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2005/20jun_moonillusion.htm

Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 7:45 am
by Avatar
Cool, interesting to have some explanations for the phenomenon.

--A

Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 8:25 am
by dlbpharmd
All this time, I thought it was a Doppler effect (the low hanging moon typically looks reddish, and red light has a longer wavelength, making the moon look larger.) Shows what I know.

Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 4:35 pm
by safetyjedi
pretty neat