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Solstice Moon Illusion 6-18

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

NASA Moon Illusion

Wkipedia: Moon Illusion

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

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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.
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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.
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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
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