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Low-Hanging Moon Explained

Posted by Zonk on from the watch-your-head dept.

gollum123 wrote to mention a BBC article which explains the low-hanging moon of the past few nights. From the article:"For the past few nights the moon has appeared larger than many people have seen it for almost 20 years. It is the world's largest optical illusion, and one of its most enduring mysteries. The mystery of the Moon Illusion, witnessed by millions of people this week, has puzzled great thinkers for centuries. There is still no agreed on explaination for why the moon appears bigger when it's on the horizon than when it's high in the night sky."

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  1. Re:Mr President, Dr. Evil is on the line... by XanC · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    ,,,grandparent is either the cause of moonsize or the fastest thinking ever fp or slashdot is predictably slow to report...

    ...or he's a subscriber.

  2. Re:life by TripMaster+Monkey · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Definition of irony:
    Someone posting on Slashdot on a Friday night, informing other Slashdotters that it is Friday night, and they should 'get a fucking life'.

    Priceless.
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  3. Re:Mr President, Dr. Evil is on the line... by TimothyTimothyTimoth · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    granted

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