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"High moons and low moons make the same sized spot. ... Foreground objects trick your brain into thinking the moon is bigger than it really is." http://scienc

• TallGuyShort 17y ago
  Ooh - I misread - I thought the article said that a camera _would_show the size difference. That is interesting.
  • mixmax 17y ago
    I actually had a hard time believing this, since the moon seems to be so much bigger when it's near the horizon. True to science I set up an experiment with a stick and a caliper - I could look from one end of the stick to the caliper fastened at the other end, and slide it so that the circumference of the moon would exactly fit. I could then look at the moon both when it was high in the sky, and when it was just above the horizon. Lo and behold - they were the exact same size, even though it didn't look that way at all. What I learned is that you can't always trust your senses.