Was just telling my coworker about this and we talked about the optical illusion of how the moon looks bigger on the horizon than straight overhead. I always th

Was just telling my coworker about this and we talked about the optical illusion of how the moon looks bigger on the horizon than straight overhead. I always thought it was because the atmosphere acts like a lens, but it turns out I was wrong. Its just all in our brains. Interesting reference link to the phenomenon http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/top5_myths_020903-2.html http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/top5_myths_020903-2.ht...