by Yoshibug on January 8th, 2012

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How come the moon looks big rising out of the trees, but small in open air?

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by engineer is Terminator on January 9th, 2012
voted: Is it an optical illusion?
It's just an optical illusion.It has nothing to do with atmosphere or scattering.When you see things at an angle they look larger than looking at them straight.
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