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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Moon lllusian #92463 01/18/03 06:35 PM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 872 Birmingham, Alabama M milum OP old hand OP milum old hand M Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 872 Birmingham, Alabama Please note: Many of the everyday things around us are poorly understood. One such thing is the Moon Illusion. I intended to post this question on Maximaria's Venus Rising thread but time slipped away so I ask it here instead. The rising moon appears three times as large as when it is directly overhead. Why? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Moon lllusian milum 01/18/03 06:35 PM Re: Moon lllusian wwh 01/18/03 06:38 PM Re: Moon lllusian wwh 01/18/03 06:42 PM Re: Moon lllusian WhitmanO'Neill 01/18/03 07:11 PM Re: Moon lllusian milum 01/18/03 08:15 PM Re: Moon lllusian wwh 01/18/03 09:00 PM Re: Moon lllusian WhitmanO'Neill 01/18/03 11:42 PM it's Moons lllusions I recall... wofahulicodoc 01/18/03 10:44 PM it's Moons lllusions I recall... milum 01/19/03 02:26 PM It isn't brains, because You Know Why, Rabbit... wofahulicodoc 01/19/03 04:31 PM moonstruck magimaria 01/19/03 05:46 PM Re: moonstruck tsuwm 01/19/03 06:24 PM myssing the point magimaria 01/19/03 07:43 PM natural mystics magimaria 01/19/03 11:46 PM Moon Illusion, per recent SciAm explanation wofahulicodoc 01/19/03 07:34 PM Post deleted by Wordwind Wordwind 01/21/03 10:03 AM Re: Moon Illusion, per recent SciAm explanation dxb 01/21/03 05:21 PM Re: what we've been taught tsuwm 01/21/03 05:47 PM Re: what we've been taught Faldage 01/21/03 06:37 PM Re: Moon lllusian milum 01/20/03 01:56 AM Re: Moon lllusian Faldage 01/20/03 11:10 AM Re: Moon lllusian Wordwind 01/20/03 01:31 PM Re: Moon lllusian Faldage 01/20/03 01:50 PM Post deleted by Wordwind Wordwind 01/20/03 02:13 PM doing the math vs. dreaming the creation magimaria 01/20/03 06:59 PM mea culpa magimaria 01/20/03 08:18 PM Re: Risin' of the Moon WhitmanO'Neill 01/20/03 08:45 PM Re: Setting of the Sun wwh 01/21/03 02:13 AM Green Flash wofahulicodoc 01/21/03 02:25 AM Re: Green Flash milum 01/21/03 10:11 PM Re: Green Flash Alex Williams 01/22/03 12:25 AM moonlight magimaria 01/22/03 12:49 AM Re: moonlight Alex Williams 01/22/03 01:18 AM Re: moonlight Alex Williams 01/22/03 01:26 AM howling at the moon consuelo 01/22/03 01:25 AM Re: moonlight milum 01/22/03 02:13 AM Post deleted by Wordwind Wordwind 01/22/03 01:02 PM moonstruck magimaria 01/22/03 01:51 PM Re: moonlight in Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu 01/22/03 02:09 PM Re: Risin' of the Moon magimaria 01/22/03 03:13 PM Re: Moon lllusian milum 01/24/03 11:42 AM Re: Moon lllusian Faldage 01/24/03 02:04 PM Re: Moon lllusian tsuwm 01/24/03 03:14 PM Re: Moon lllusian Faldage 01/24/03 03:35 PM Apologies to Ogden Nash, of course wofahulicodoc 01/24/03 03:48 PM Re: Apologies to Ogden Nash, of course Faldage 01/24/03 04:07 PM Re: illluck wwh 01/24/03 04:58 PM Re: illluck Buffalo Shrdlu 01/24/03 05:21 PM Re: Apologies to Ogden Nash, of course tsuwm 01/24/03 04:08 PM Re: Pleiades lllusian WhitmanO'Neill 01/24/03 05:45 PM more-or-less hyphenation tsuwm 01/24/03 05:55 PM Re: more-or-less hyphenation WhitmanO'Neill 01/24/03 06:19 PM Post deleted by Wordwind Wordwind 01/24/03 06:33 PM Re: I foveate; You foveate; Faldage foveates Faldage 01/24/03 09:58 PM Re: foveate focus AnnaStrophic 01/24/03 11:37 PM Re: Pleiades lllusian wwh 01/24/03 11:04 PM Re: Pleiades lllusian Faldage 01/25/03 12:34 AM Re: Moon lllusian milum 01/25/03 12:57 AM Post deleted by Wordwind Wordwind 01/25/03 04:20 AM Life's IIIusians.... magimaria 01/25/03 06:42 AM Re: Moon lllusian Faldage 01/25/03 01:33 PM Re: foveations AnnaStrophic 01/25/03 03:35 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,398 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 1,017 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 41 A C Bowden 29 LukeJavan8 6 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,576 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,922 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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