Solstice Moon Illusion


	Solstice Moon Illusion

dewitte

6-19-2008 12:14 PM

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moon, solstice, astronomy, illusion

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/1854772d-b808-4323-bd73-8b5b0c696d07/619A46F0-005F-44A4-8980-934E8DB965C0/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/16jun_moonillusion.htm?list914996." href="http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/16jun_moonillusion.htm?list914996." style="font-size: 11px;">science.nasa.gov</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/16jun_moonillusion.htm?list914996."><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">On 
                    Wednesday night, June 18th, step outside at sunset and look 
                    around. You'll see a giant form rising in the east. At first 
                    glance it looks like the full Moon. It has craters and seas 
                    and the face of a man, but this "moon" is strangely 
                    inflated. It's huge!</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/16jun_moonillusion.htm?list914996."><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">You've 
                    just experienced the Moon Illusion.</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/16jun_moonillusion.htm?list914996."><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/science.nasa.gov/img/AE081B32-7EEA-45B7-ADBE-6547AD8649DE" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/16jun_moonillusion.htm?list914996."><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><STRONG>Above:</STRONG> 
                    The full Moon beams through trees in Manchester, Maryland. 
                    Credit: Edmund E. Kasaitis. Copyright 2008; all rights reserved.</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/16jun_moonillusion.htm?list914996."><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">There's 
                    no better time to see it. The full Moon of June 18th is a 
                    "solstice moon", coming only two days before the 
                    beginning of northern summer. This is significant because 
                    the sun and full Moon are like kids on a see-saw; when one 
                    is high, the other is low. This week's high solstice sun gives 
                    us a low, horizon-hugging Moon and a strong Moon Illusion.</FONT></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/619A46F0-005F-44A4-8980-934E8DB965C0/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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