[Phys-L] Re: It's the shape of the sky.

[Brian Whatcott <betwys1@SBCGLOBAL.NET>]

At 06:37 AM 7/4/2005, Ken Fox, you wrote:

> > This week's full moon hangs lower in the sky than any full moon since June
> > 1987, so the moon illusion is going to be extra strong.
> ///...when you see this
> "enlarged rising moon" make a small "telescope" with your hands and view
> the moon through this small tube. It will "shrink" to normal size. I
> wonder if this would be true for pilots as well. ...
> Ken Fox


Not quite relevant...but I was flying a night cross country from
Birmingham/Elmdon to London/Stanstead for a night rating
and the instructor noticed a bright light near the horizon ahead of us.

     Its bearing did not change, and he grew anxious to keep clear
of it. After twenty minutes or so, he concluded it was not conflicting
  traffic, and afterwards deduced that it was a Venus apparition,
  bright in the night sky.

Later, flying a weekly trip from Dallas/Rockwall to Tulsa Intl at night,
I noticed a bright light flashing from low under the aircraft.
  It took a little while to realize that it was the full moon reflecting
  in a series of lakes and river bends.

The Milky way was always a stunning sight over the dark country
  skies of that region.



Brian Whatcott    Altus OK    Eureka!
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