LadyButterfly she/her@piefed.blahaj.zone to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 days agoDazzling supermoon illuminates skylines around the worldwww.bbc.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square8linkfedilinkarrow-up146arrow-down13
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minus-squareBjörn@swg-empire.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·14 days agoAs always: Atmospheric lensing makes a much bigger difference in the appearance of the moon’s size than its distance.
minus-squarehumorlessrepost@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·14 days agoAnd the optical illusion of it looking bigger near the horizon.
As always: Atmospheric lensing makes a much bigger difference in the appearance of the moon’s size than its distance.
And the optical illusion of it looking bigger near the horizon.