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Sombrero
Go and have a look, it's HUGE !!!!
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Sombrero
and now behind mucho raincloud !! how the fook did that happen so quickly !??
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Rain in Stockport too. 
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Sombrero
honestly, it was a full moon, and about 3 or 4 times its usual size !!! beautiful...
Rain in Stockport too.
Hail for several minutes on our windscreen on the way home this evening.
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it didn't look so big from here. I think I must be further away 
It must have been low on the horizon when you saw it, it always looks bigger then.
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Yes, it's strange, sometimes when I drive down the hill to my house, the moon looks humungus above the roof tops but When I get home, it looks normal size.
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Just think about it mate. that is impossible. The Moon is a reasonably constant distance from the earth, OK a slightly elliptical orbit, but it's size is always the same.
Its called the Ponzo Illusion
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Thanks snico. It's explained here
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/b...hy-does-the-moon-look-so-huge-on-the-horizon/
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/b...hy-does-the-moon-look-so-huge-on-the-horizon/
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Another thing I have always wondered:
Sometimes, when I look directly at a distant feint star, I can't see it. But, if I look slightly to one side, the star appears.
Has anyone else noticed this or is it just me and my dodgy minces?
Sometimes, when I look directly at a distant feint star, I can't see it. But, if I look slightly to one side, the star appears.
Has anyone else noticed this or is it just me and my dodgy minces?
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