Rolfe
Adult human female
But I don't know it can't be. Until getting into this thread, I thought that an optical effect of the atmosphere really did make it "larger" by magnification.
Rolfe.
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Jeff Corey
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If you really want to know more about the details of this, see
http://facstaff.uww.edu/mccreadd
{Warning, may produce brain fog}
http://facstaff.uww.edu/mccreadd
{Warning, may produce brain fog}
CurtC
Illuminator
Here's one of my favorite factoids about bserving the Moon. Ask yourself (or someone else) this question - how far away from your eye, would you have to hold a US dime coin, in order to just block the full Moon? Rolfe, I assume you probably know about how big a dime is - it's the smallest US coin.
Go ahead, come up with an answer, without actually trying it. Just imagine it.
Most people will say something like two feet, or less than a meter - something they can easily reach with their arm. The answer is six or seven feet - two meters.
Go ahead, come up with an answer, without actually trying it. Just imagine it.
Most people will say something like two feet, or less than a meter - something they can easily reach with their arm. The answer is six or seven feet - two meters.
Jeff Corey
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The same distance as to block out the sun.
Which is the factoid? The misperception or the truth?
Rolfe
Adult human female
Yes, well. if you actually look at my posts, you'll see that this is the site I've been trying to work my way through. And it obviously isn't a simple, easy-to understand explanation. I just got to the bit about all objects being affected, and the illusion also involving the apparent size of objects on the horizon.
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I quoted it too. But I struggled to follow it. Any chance of a layman's summary?
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