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Old June 22nd 05, 10:32 PM posted to uk.sci.weather
Dave Ludlow Dave Ludlow is offline
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Default An unusual moon tonight

On Wed, 22 Jun 2005 17:04:23 +0100, "Simonb"
wrote:

Stuart wrote:
i noticed this last night at about 21:50, the moon was low to the
south and it looked maasive, i was going to stop and take a photo,
but i would have been late for work, didnt want the hassle of that!
But it was a lovely sight!


Funny thing is, if you had taken a photo the enlarged effect would have been
lost as it's an optical illusion.

The same optical illusion will be present near moonrise and moonset at
every other full moon in every year, will it not?

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Dave