http://visualfunhouse.com/relative-sizes/the-moon-illusion.html Optical Illusion Fun House Sat, 20 Feb 2010 00:20:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://visualfunhouse.com/relative-sizes/the-moon-illusion.html/comment-page-1#comment-5472 sPaZ Sat, 14 Nov 2009 03:03:41 +0000 http://visualfunhouse.com/relative-sizes/the-moon-illusion.html#comment-5472 My belief is that the big moon effect (when rising) is due to the fact that we have other objects in the near view to compare the size of the moon to (buildings, trees, fields, etc). When the moon is close to things we see, we just really realize how big that darn moon is! My belief is that the big moon effect (when rising) is due to the fact that we have other objects in the near view to compare the size of the moon to (buildings, trees, fields, etc). When the moon is close to things we see, we just really realize how big that darn moon is!

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