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06/09/2004 03:52:56 PM · #1 |
Here are a few pics of the moon rising over the Gulf of Mexico as seen from Galveston, Tx
Moon Rise
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06/09/2004 04:58:04 PM · #2 |
Here̢۪s how it looked from Houston.
//www.pbase.com/image/29698647
Nice shots by the way!
Greg
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06/09/2004 05:10:17 PM · #3 |
| Jab119 - that looks an eery sight - very unusual (for me at least). I was once told that the moon appearing large on the horizon is an optical illusion but this proves it does actually 'grow' sometimes. Any idea why this is? Great shots. |
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06/09/2004 06:25:01 PM · #4 |
Dadas, mine was taken on Thurday night last week, the 3rd, yours is pretty nice also.
Imagineer, yes it was errie, however the moon illusion is nothing more than a trick on the eyes. The moon does appear much larger, but it is actually smaller when you compare the moon close to the horizion to the moon a littlehigher in the sky.
here is a little sample I did a few months ago.
the orange/yellow colored moon was low on the horizion. the white moon was takenabout 45 minues later oncei got a litle higher in the sky.
the moon appears larger because it is near objects and you have some referance point to comparing 2 objecs sizes so it "looks" bigger when it is actually not.
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06/09/2004 06:43:43 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by jab119:
Imagineer, yes it was errie, however the moon illusion is nothing more than a trick on the eyes. The moon does appear much larger, but it is actually smaller when you compare the moon close to the horizion to the moon a littlehigher in the sky. |
I really do need proof of this! :)
I've never seen the moon as large as that with the naked eye and with so much detail visible. There must be more to it surely? |
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06/09/2004 07:01:41 PM · #6 |
| They say that if you hold a DIME between your finger and thumb and hold it at arms length it will cover the moon. Try it when a full moon is first coming up and then again when it is up in the sky a few hours later and it will just cover the moon like at moon rise. |
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06/09/2004 07:29:10 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by Imagineer:
Originally posted by jab119:
Imagineer, yes it was errie, however the moon illusion is nothing more than a trick on the eyes. The moon does appear much larger, but it is actually smaller when you compare the moon close to the horizion to the moon a littlehigher in the sky. |
I really do need proof of this! :)
I've never seen the moon as large as that with the naked eye and with so much detail visible. There must be more to it surely? |
People have been debating the source of this illusionn for centuries, and only recently have really convincing, well-researched hypotheses been put forward. You can find a TON of information on this by Googling "moon illusion". Just make sure you have a few hours to read it all, LOL. If you're technically-minded, it really is very interesting!
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