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From: walsh@ihuxi.UUCP
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Subject: re: the moon
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Date: Mon, 24-Oct-83 06:49:47 EDT
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Sorry Rob, no way. If you look at photos of the moon in time lapse from
horizon to zenith, it is exactly the same size in each photo. The reason is,
as I and a few other people have explained, the reference to the horizon
creates an optical illusion (i.e., the moon next to a tree looks much larger
than it looks when overhead). The difference between the atmosphere at the
horizon and the atmosphere overhead is not sufficient enough to bend light
to that degree.