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- From: dadams@cray.com (David Adams)
- Subject: Re: Lunar astronaut covers earth with thum
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.122236.26582@hemlock.cray.com>
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- Organization: Cray Research, Inc.
- References: <1992Nov16.220542.15162@mav.com>
- Date: 17 Nov 92 12:22:36 CST
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- In article 15162@mav.com, kevin@mav.com (Kevin Bagley) writes:
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- |I'm always impressed with the illusion of the moon appearing larger
- |near the horizon. Yes, it's only an illusion. Anyone want to
- |explain the illusion?
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- Let's see if I can get it right. When the moon appears near the horizon
- it's light must traverse a greater amount of earths atmosphere. The
- light rays are bent more and thus the atmosphere actually acts like
- a magnifying lense when the moon (or sun) is in this position. (Did
- I get it right?)
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- --David C. Adams Statistician Cray Research Inc. dadams@cray.com
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