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    Moon Illusion coming to a horizon near you

    This weekend - Friday, Saturday and Sunday - coincides with a full moon. An update from NASA includes Moonrise Times for a selection of cities across the U.S., including Alaska and Hawaii. At the bottom are links to some online reports about the science that may or may not explain this ancient optical conundrum -- a subject that has remained open to scientific debate, even to this day.

    If your city is not listed, here is a webpage where you can find it.

    To read what OptiBoarders have said about the Moon Illusion, see ...
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    Quote Originally Posted by rinselberg View Post
    This weekend - Friday, Saturday and Sunday - coincides with a full moon.
    That explains the kind of week i've been having.

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    Thank God

    This week-end marks the first time I have been able to go Fishing and I intend to do it day and night.

    Chip

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    MSNBC offfers the "sky is a flattened dome" theory ...
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