Solstice Moon Illusion 6-18

[Sapperwhite]

See the full moon tonight appear to be overly large. Here's the story on why:

NASA Moon Illusion

Wkipedia: Moon Illusion

[Valiente]

I was going to show this to my son tonight, but the cloud cover is near total.

Thanks anyway.

[Sapperwhite]

Moon illusion usually doesn't affect cameras, but the temple assist in these pics from last night.

Photos by Elias Chasiotis:





I had alot of cloud cover in Maryland, bummer.

[Joel73]

Wow... that first photo is especially cool! It just became my new computer screen.

We had a good sunset but the clouds kinda blocked our view.

[Sapperwhite]

Here is a quick story with a full series of shots taken at that location that show the moon "get smaller" as it rises.

Full Moon Over Poseidon's Temple