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It depends on how far away the camera is. The further away the camera is, the more visible the effect. The moon illusion effect is quite visible in this photo o
by tristanj 4y ago
It depends on how far away the camera is. The further away the camera is, the more visible the effect. The moon illusion effect is quite visible in this photo of the Manhattan skyline, taken from 15 miles away in West Orange, New Jersey.
https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/r3PYEwue-SKDCmd_v7HgzEF2DbE=/1200x763/media/img/photo/2012/05/supermoon-2012/s01_RTR31PUL/original.jpg https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/r3PYEwue-SKDCmd_v7HgzEF2...
- shrx 4y agoThat's not really what the illusion is about, it's just perspective compression.
- dwringer 4y agoAFAIU perspective compression is a key element of the illusion - when the moon gets closer to the horizon/treeline/skyline, our mind creates a sort of vignette with limited FOV for perceiving it, in which the relative size of the moon appears larger (because our focus has become inadvertently and subconsciously narrower).