Here's an article I've posted detailing some both some of the scattered info I've found so far and some further research I've done myself about the client.
http://blog.thetechgurus.net/?p=36
I just finished Sean McMullen's book the Eyes of the Calculor again. His story takes place 2000 years in the future but involves an Earth-ring called Mirrorsun that was built for the exact same purpose.
I don't know why people can't seem to understand this. Its all about atmosphere.
When the moon is high in the sky, the light being reflected from it only passes through a certain amount of atmosphere. When the moon is close to the horizon, its light passes through much more of the atmosphere than normal.
As the light passes through the atmosphere of the horizon, the atmosphere acts like a telescope and magnifies what you see, making the moon appear much larger.
The same effect can be seen every sunrise and sunset with the sun. Ever notice how the sun appears so much larger in when it rises and sets?
I don't believe the originator of the BBC article was dumb enough not to ask a meteorologist(sp?) before writing that article.
Slashdot Mirror
Looks nice. Good job.
Here's an article I've posted detailing some both some of the scattered info I've found so far and some further research I've done myself about the client. http://blog.thetechgurus.net/?p=36
I just finished Sean McMullen's book the Eyes of the Calculor again. His story takes place 2000 years in the future but involves an Earth-ring called Mirrorsun that was built for the exact same purpose.
I don't know why people can't seem to understand this. Its all about atmosphere. When the moon is high in the sky, the light being reflected from it only passes through a certain amount of atmosphere. When the moon is close to the horizon, its light passes through much more of the atmosphere than normal. As the light passes through the atmosphere of the horizon, the atmosphere acts like a telescope and magnifies what you see, making the moon appear much larger. The same effect can be seen every sunrise and sunset with the sun. Ever notice how the sun appears so much larger in when it rises and sets? I don't believe the originator of the BBC article was dumb enough not to ask a meteorologist(sp?) before writing that article.
Its actually called Res Edit, as in Resource editor.
Just posted a review of Acrylic to my blog, http://blog.thetechgurus.net./
looks like this has been slashed. Websites now only responding with an error "MySQL: too many connections." hehe