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George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽 (georgetakei@universeodon.com)'s status on Friday, 24-Jan-2025 00:14:21 JST George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽

Absolute lunacy.
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1. Screenshot of a social post by '@NotTodayEric' that says: 'Whoa look at the moon it's huge! Phone camera: lol is it?'
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  Rai Aren 🖖✨📚🇺🇦 (raiaren@universeodon.com)'s status on Friday, 24-Jan-2025 11:37:50 JST Rai Aren 🖖✨📚🇺🇦
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  @georgetakei 🤣 💯
  
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  bouriquet (bouriquet@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 25-Jan-2025 00:53:17 JST bouriquet
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  @georgetakei I don’t completely know the physics or psychology behind this phenomenon but it is so true.
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  1. Moon appears so small when taken by a cellphone camera
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  George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽 (georgetakei@universeodon.com)'s status on Saturday, 25-Jan-2025 00:53:17 JST George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽
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  @bouriquet Happens every time.
  
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  George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽 (georgetakei@universeodon.com)'s status on Saturday, 25-Jan-2025 00:53:22 JST George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽
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  @dukane The more you know!
  
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  dukane (dukane@bitbang.social)'s status on Saturday, 25-Jan-2025 00:53:23 JST dukane
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  @georgetakei
  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_illusion
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    Moon illusion
    
    The Moon illusion is the optical illusion of the Moon appearing larger near the horizon than it does higher up in the sky. It has been known since ancient times and recorded by various cultures. The explanation of this illusion is still debated. Proof of illusion The angle that the diameter of the full Moon subtends at an observer's eye can be measured directly with a theodolite to show that it remains constant as the Moon rises or sinks in the sky. Photographs of the Moon at different elevations also show that its size remains the same. A simple way of demonstrating that the effect is an illusion is to hold a small pebble (say, 0.33 inches or 8.4 millimetres wide) at arm's length (25 inches or 64 centimetres) with one eye closed, positioning the pebble so that it covers (eclipses) the full Moon when high in the night sky. Then, when the seemingly very large Moon is on the horizon, the same pebble will also cover it, revealing that there has been no change in the size of the Moon. Across different full moons, the Moon's angular diameter can vary from 29.43 arcminutes at apogee to 33...

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