This Saturday the Full Moon will again fool our eyes by creating the Moon Illusion which occurs when the Moon is full and of course low in the Horizon. However, it is easy to immediately see for one's self that the effect is an illusion: when the observer's head is upside down (either by standing on one's head or by bending over and looking through one's legs) the moon on the horizon appears smaller. Anyway, this Saturday the weather will hopefully cooperate (especially at the shore) and you will be able to see a larger than usual Moon, although I don't think it will be as big as pictured above.....Now that would be real cool.......mag
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http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2007/27jun_moonillusion.htm?friend
Thanks to Teacher Patti for the Heads-Up....
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