Moon Illusion

[MB43]

When I was a kid, like 3 or 4, I used to say "goodnight" to the moon every night before I went to bed. One night I looked outside and I saw a huge moon and it scared the crap out of me. I told my parents about it the next day and they didn't believe me.

I just came across this:

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2005/20jun_moonillusion.htm

I didn't make it up!

Pretty cool, I'm gonna check it out tomorrow and see if it still scares me. :glasses2:

 

[Mopar471]

I feel your pain. I did the same thing as a kid. The medication the doctor is giving me now helps alot too.

 

[onehellofadart]

Cool !! Very interesting. I remember seeing the giant moon once.

 

[MB43]

Take a look tonight, should be around 8:30 PM.

 

[green67cuda]

hmmm...i remember seeing that as a kid, and reading the link, seeing that the last good one was June, 1987, i REALLY remembered it....going to my grandparents' house, turned the corner and WHOA....that's coooool

i always assumed the workings of it, but never knew that i was actually making scientific sense out of it...that was the summer before i turned 9....brings back some memories

 

[Mopar471]

9 in 1987 wow I am old.

 

[FASTBACK340]

The medication the doctor is giving me now helps alot too.

That's odd.... the medication I took MADE me see the moon bigger than it was.

But then again, that medication I bought from a bartender in a club....