Tonight, the Full Moon Will Look Larger Than Ever

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July 02, 2007, 01:47:55 AM
Tonight, the Full Moon Will Look Larger Than Ever - It's just an optical illusion
By: Lucian Dorneanu, Science Editor - Softpedia

The full moon is a natural phenomenon that has inspired many writers and movie producers, as well as ordinary people. You've probably seen at least one bad movie where two lovers kiss under a huge full moon visible on the horizon.

Also, there is a strong belief that the full moon is caused by a series of physical and psychological effects, like people turning into werewolves, vampires and other supernatural creatures. Many emergency room nurses believe in the lunar effect and
say things really get crazy out there when the moon is full.

Tonight, there is another full moon, and it will look larger than ever. But what really causes the full moon on the horizon look so big? Does it really get bigger?

No, it's just an optical illusion. Actually, this is only one of the lunar phases that occur when the Moon is located in space on the opposite side of the Earth from the Sun, and when the three celestial bodies are aligned as close as possible to a straight line.

During this period, the hemisphere of the Moon that is facing the Earth (the near side) is fully illuminated by the Sun and appears round and larger than before, when seen from Earth. This weekend, the full moon will be hanging lower in the sky than any other full moon of this year, according to NASA.

This produces an optical illusion that gives people the impression that the moon is larger that it usually is. That's not due to any atmospheric phenomena, such as light diffraction, water vapors or anything like it.

Actually, it's all in the mind. The mind is responsible for considering things on the horizon as being much farther away than objects located directly overhead, due to the fact that clouds directly above us are closer than those on the horizon.

The brain is assimilating the sky to a flattened dome, because we can't perceive the round shape of the Earth. That's why the brain is expecting something on the horizon, like the moon, to be farther than when it's directly above us.

Since it really isn't farther at all, the mind fools itself into imagining that the moon is larger that before. This big moon illusion was visible last Friday up to tomorrow Monday when the moon will appear nearly full.
"All that is needed for evil to succeed is, that decent human beings doing nothing". (Edmund Burke)

Happy

#1
July 02, 2007, 02:18:52 AM
Thanks for the info ghost..

Dili lang ko kita sa full moon kay baga man kaayo ang dag-om diri sa amoa tawon
"There's no perfect life, but we can let God fill it with perfect moments"

slackware

#2
July 02, 2007, 02:20:28 AM
naa pa man ugma...
"All that is needed for evil to succeed is, that decent human beings doing nothing". (Edmund Burke)

Happy

#3
July 02, 2007, 02:23:25 AM
I'm hoping nga tin-aw ang panganod sa kalangitan ugma kay sa weather broadcast raba, uwan jud whole week... nindot raba unta diri sa balay kay, naa mi sa top floor of 3-storey building with a terrace  :), wala pa jud intawon nako ma-enjoy ang kaanindot sa talan-awon samtang magalingkod sa terasa  ;D
"There's no perfect life, but we can let God fill it with perfect moments"

slackware

#4
July 02, 2007, 02:31:11 AM
di gyud ko magsilbi mopuyo anang mga taas na building uy! Acrophobic man gud ko! huhuhuuhuhuhu...
"All that is needed for evil to succeed is, that decent human beings doing nothing". (Edmund Burke)

Happy

#5
July 02, 2007, 02:38:22 AM
hadlok sab ka sakay sa eroplano?
"There's no perfect life, but we can let God fill it with perfect moments"

slackware

#6
July 02, 2007, 02:42:01 AM
as long as dili nako makita ang heights...di man ko mahadlok...mao na di ko magpadaplin sa bintana if sakay kog plane! uhuhuhuhuhu!
"All that is needed for evil to succeed is, that decent human beings doing nothing". (Edmund Burke)

Happy

#7
July 02, 2007, 02:46:27 AM
mao ba, ako ganahan sa bintana kay gusto ko motan-aw sa gawas
"There's no perfect life, but we can let God fill it with perfect moments"

slackware

#8
July 02, 2007, 02:57:46 AM
kasagaran if magsakay kog plane kay matulog raman ko or mag watch ug movies...laay baya magbiyahe ug almost 10hrs...
"All that is needed for evil to succeed is, that decent human beings doing nothing". (Edmund Burke)

hazel

#9
July 02, 2007, 03:17:26 AM
samot na di ko makakita dire full moon kay di man tawn mo ngit-ngit dire...mura ra ug alas 6 sa hapon. :!

slackware

#10
July 02, 2007, 03:29:04 AM
makita lagi gihapon na! gamit telescope
"All that is needed for evil to succeed is, that decent human beings doing nothing". (Edmund Burke)

Happy

#11
July 02, 2007, 03:52:04 AM

samot na di ko makakita dire full moon kay di man tawn mo ngit-ngit dire...mura ra ug alas 6 sa hapon. :!

sight sight lang gud diha, hiyong hiyong ba haha
"There's no perfect life, but we can let God fill it with perfect moments"

hazel

#12
July 02, 2007, 03:54:29 AM

sight sight lang gud diha, hiyong hiyong ba haha

di mada cel, lisud gani ikatog kay dili jud totally ngit-ngit. ahay! unsa ba kining lugara..ehehe

slackware

#13
July 02, 2007, 03:54:50 AM

samot na di ko makakita dire full moon kay di man tawn mo ngit-ngit dire...mura ra ug alas 6 sa hapon. :!
mag shades ka motan-aw para ngit2x!
"All that is needed for evil to succeed is, that decent human beings doing nothing". (Edmund Burke)

hazel

#14
July 02, 2007, 03:57:04 AM

mag shades ka motan-aw para ngit2x!

cge maayo tuod...ako suwayan. ;D

Happy

#15
July 02, 2007, 04:02:39 AM
hahaha pag experiment diha
"There's no perfect life, but we can let God fill it with perfect moments"

hazel

#16
July 02, 2007, 04:04:58 AM

hahaha pag experiment diha

unya na kay di pa gyud madala ug shades..hayag pa kaayo bisan 10pm na...dia ang adlaw, mura pa ug alas 4 or 5 sa hapon.

MikeLigalig.com

#17
March 07, 2012, 09:14:03 AM
This could have inspired the Twilight Movie Series. Unfortunately, this movie, to my mind, is very boring.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son (Jesus Christ), that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God. - John 3:16-18

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