Bee wrote:
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Do you think that you could please post this on the Yosemite site?I looked up the Ponzo illusion, and I don't know how or whether it relates to this situation. Here's an explanation I like:
Experiment in Perception: The Ponzo Illusion and the Moon. In fact, it kind of boggles my mind. I thought the sun and moon appeared larger on the horizon due to some sort of lensing effect from the increased atmosphere. But that effect is what causes the color to change, not the size. The size issue is apparently an illusion only perceived by our minds.
I am going to try the experiment suggested here: (
Why sun appers big in size at sunset and sunrise? ) Take a picture at moonrise with my camera zoomed full in, and then again a few hours later. I have to prove to myself that the pixel widths in both pictures are the same. ...Ok, when is the next full moon?
So for the Ponzo illusion to come into play, we would have to view Half Dome on the horizon, and then again high in the sky. If it holds true, then it would look smaller high in the sky.
But you are to be congratulated, Bee, for starting
a thread on the Yosemite forum with a record number of posts. If you want to keep it going, just find a few more disbelievers, and get them to post.
I particularly am impressed by the chorus of fake-callers in this
fredmiranda forum. There are some hilarious quotables posted there. I didn't even know about the forum until the Museum of Hoaxes web site referred to it.
