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  1. Original post
    Daytona
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    http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,172-1663827,00.html

    "A larger-than-life Moon will be the best show on Earth
    By Paul Simons

    THE Moon will play a spectacular trick tonight: it will appear
    extraordinarily large, like a big glowing ball hanging low in the sky.

    This is the world’s largest optical illusion, known as the Moon
    Illusion and comes from tonight’s full Moon hanging at its lowest
    point in the sky than any full Moon since June 1987.

    Part of the reason for the low full Moon is because it comes only a
    day after the summer solstice, the time of year when the Moon is at
    its lowest and Sun at its highest in the sky.

    Added to that, this year also coincides near the peak of a 18.6-year
    cycle of the Moon as it circles slightly eccentrically around the
    Earth — what astronomers called a “lunar standstill”, which means that
    the Moon is even lower. "

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  2. GSV Three Minds in a Can
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    Bitstring <[email hidden]>, from the
    wonderful person Daytona <[email hidden]> said

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    http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,172-1663827,00.html

    "A larger-than-life Moon will be the best show on Earth
    By Paul Simons

    I saw last night's version, and that was already pretty spectacular.
    Nice that we have an astronomical phenomenon coinciding with CLEAR SKIES
    for once in a lifetime.

    --
    GSV Three Minds in a Can
    Contact recommends the use of Firefox; SC recommends it at gunpoint.

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  3. Lindsay
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    No clear skies in the North so no moon.

    www.caledoniahilltreks.com

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  4. AndyP
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    "GSV Three Minds in a Can" <[email hidden]> wrote

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    "A larger-than-life Moon will be the best show on Earth
    By Paul Simons

    Quoted message said:

    I saw last night's version, and that was already pretty spectacular.
    Nice that we have an astronomical phenomenon coinciding with CLEAR


    SKIES

    Quoted message said:

    for once in a lifetime.

    I was looking at the moon about midnight last night after a late night
    spin around the woods on the bike. Can't say as I noticed it being much
    different to usual. I'll pay more attention tonight.

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  5. GSV Three Minds in a Can
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    Bitstring <[email hidden]>, from the wonderful person
    AndyP <[email hidden]> said

    Quoted message said:

    "GSV Three Minds in a Can" <[email hidden]> wrote

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    "A larger-than-life Moon will be the best show on Earth
    By Paul Simons

    Quoted message said:

    I saw last night's version, and that was already pretty spectacular.
    Nice that we have an astronomical phenomenon coinciding with CLEAR


    SKIES

    Quoted message said:

    for once in a lifetime.

    I was looking at the moon about midnight last night after a late night
    spin around the woods on the bike. Can't say as I noticed it being much
    different to usual. I'll pay more attention tonight.

    Too late in the day - you have to catch it just after it comes up (which
    is just after the sun goes down, for a full moon). The whole illusion
    relies on the Moon being a) full and b) near the horizon.

    --
    GSV Three Minds in a Can
    Contact recommends the use of Firefox; SC recommends it at gunpoint.

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  6. Stuart
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    "Daytona" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,172-1663827,00.html

    "A larger-than-life Moon will be the best show on Earth
    By Paul Simons

    THE Moon will play a spectacular trick tonight: it will appear
    extraordinarily large, like a big glowing ball hanging low in the sky.

    This is the world's largest optical illusion, known as the Moon
    Illusion and comes from tonight's full Moon hanging at its lowest
    point in the sky than any full Moon since June 1987.

    Try looking at the moon through your legs, ie turn your back on the moon,
    spread your legs then bend over until you can see the moon through your
    legs. this upside down view imeadiately converts the moon back to its normal
    size. ..interesting stuff... ..its an old trick. and available at evey full
    moon rise / set, after all the full moon is just above the horizon at some
    point!

    Too cloudy here tonight but was spectacular last night!

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  7. GSV Three Minds in a Can
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    <snip>

    Quoted message said:

    Too late in the day - you have to catch it just after it comes up

    Or, of course, early in the morning as it's setting!!

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    GSV Three Minds in a Can
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  8. AndyP
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    "GSV Three Minds in a Can" <[email hidden]> wrote

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    Too late in the day - you have to catch it just after it comes up


    (which

    Quoted message said:

    is just after the sun goes down, for a full moon). The whole illusion
    relies on the Moon being a) full and b) near the horizon.

    Ok, saw it just as it was coming up tonight looking a bit yellow, still
    unimpressed. It was full moon last night anyway not tonight.

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  9. Judith
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    AndyP said:
    Quoted message said:

    Too late in the day - you have to catch it just after it comes up


    (which

    Quoted message said:

    is just after the sun goes down, for a full moon). The whole illusion
    relies on the Moon being a) full and b) near the horizon.

    Ok, saw it just as it was coming up tonight looking a bit yellow, still
    unimpressed. It was full moon last night anyway not tonight.

    I saw it when I was driving home at 11:30pm-ish and thought it looked
    good. I caught sight of it between buildings and I even looked round
    for the "proper" moon because it looked so different to normal.

    Judith

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  10. druidh
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    Judith said:
    AndyP said:
    Quoted message said:

    Too late in the day - you have to catch it just after it comes up

    (which

    Quoted message said:

    is just after the sun goes down, for a full moon). The whole illusion
    relies on the Moon being a) full and b) near the horizon.

    Ok, saw it just as it was coming up tonight looking a bit yellow, still
    unimpressed. It was full moon last night anyway not tonight.

    I saw it when I was driving home at 11:30pm-ish and thought it looked
    good. I caught sight of it between buildings and I even looked round
    for the "proper" moon because it looked so different to normal.

    Judith

    I actually went for a wee walk up the Pentlands to get a decent view,
    but it was so low on the horizon that it after 00:30 before it showed
    above the line of the hills and I guess it had lost it's apparent volume
    by then. Nice night for a walk though - even if I was wearing shorts and
    sandals!

    druidh

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  11. Julie Meikle
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    "Stuart" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:


    "Daytona" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,172-1663827,00.html

    "A larger-than-life Moon will be the best show on Earth
    By Paul Simons

    THE Moon will play a spectacular trick tonight: it will appear
    extraordinarily large, like a big glowing ball hanging low in the sky.

    This is the world's largest optical illusion, known as the Moon
    Illusion and comes from tonight's full Moon hanging at its lowest
    point in the sky than any full Moon since June 1987.

    Try looking at the moon through your legs, ie turn your back on the moon,
    spread your legs then bend over until you can see the moon through your
    legs. this upside down view imeadiately converts the moon back to its
    normal
    size. ..interesting stuff... ..its an old trick. and available at evey
    full
    moon rise / set, after all the full moon is just above the horizon at some
    point!

    Too cloudy here tonight but was spectacular last night!

    I think the illusion must be similar to this:

    steam up a bathroom mirror and look in. Notice the size of your head, then
    draw around your head in the steam.....you will the size
    difference....uncanny!
    Julie

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  12. Fran
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    In article <[email hidden]>, Julie
    Meikle said...

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    Julie


    Julie - I may have asked you this before, but it strikes me that
    Meikle isn't a very common name. There was a girl at my school in
    Beckenham, Kent called - IIRC - Somerville-Meikle. She'd be around
    43-45 now. Any relation?
    --
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    Fran O(<|={
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