The Moon

[TW]Fox;17707935 said:
Why are people who beleive this conspiracy nutjobs yet people who beleive all the dead people will one day come back to life are rational people with sensible beliefs? :p
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I hope you are not questioning the coming of the zombie invasion.

Oh well, no skin off my back. The less of you there is, the more resources there are for me to survive! :D
 
Its definetly bigger, i know this as i tried taking a high iso pic of it, didnt work too well but you can see its relation clearly enough. This was on Friday i think
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There is a phenomenon that when the moon is lower in the sky closer to the horizon, it creates a illusion that it is larger because of you being able to judge its size based on the perspective of things.
There is a name for this, but I don't know it.
I know im not making this up because I saw the moon close to the horizon before and it looked x2 its sized and I asked this very same question.
One theory about the moon illusion says that when the moon is near the horizon we perceive it to be farther away from us than when it is high in the sky. But since the moon is actually the same size, our minds make it look bigger when it is near the horizon to compensate for the increased distance.
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I haven't read many replies in this thread, Im betting this has been said a million times already.
 
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It looked huge tonight, but im viewing it in a different part of the world to where im used to seeing it, so i don't know if thats made a difference.
 
The moon down here in SE (Eastbourne) Lastnight at 6:45pm(Wednesday) was odd. It was big and very low and was very orange but looked awesome :D
 
Mp4 said:
The moon down here in SE (Eastbourne) Lastnight at 6:45pm(Wednesday) was odd. It was big and very low and was very orange but looked awesome :D
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Why hello there! I looked at it last night too when out walking near the seafront...:) think it was gibbous phase

I once asked my physics teacher at college, why does the moon appear larger at the horizon and small overhead? He wasn't sure either (something to do with perspective). I thought it was due to the curvature of the Earth?...anyway I noticed this years ago when I did some astronomy.

I've seen it once so low in the sky over the Channel that the air pollution / particulates made it look like Mars (almost blood red) on the horizon.
 
[TW]Fox;17707935 said:
people who beleive all the dead people will one day come back to life are rational people with sensible beliefs? :p
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ah you met the wife then.
:p

Speaking of the moon.. well not quite, I'm always intrigued by a large white looking star to the east in the morning and South in evening. I'm not sure if it's just a satellite, Sky most likely since they own everything.
 
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