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The moon illusion
What we plan on doing
Getting clear images of the moon setting and rising.
-Find a clear area, building obstructive
Larger field of view, using binoculars.
-Second attempt
Making a model of our observations.
Theories
Atmospheric Disturbance
We'll draw this one out for you!
The atmosphere is thicker at a slant.
Seems to look smaller when setting...
4 Theories and 1 Hypothesis
The Ponzo Illusion
Supermoon
Light?
Brain perceives it to be larger near the horizon.
Maybe, just maybe as the sun can blind you with light to make itself look larger, the moon does too...
The moon actually gets bigger and smaller depending on how far away it is.
Can't change distance from Earth in a matter of hours.
Ebbinghaus illusion
The moon illusion
The idea that the moon will appear BIGGER on some nights than on others.
Using a telescope, we had a fixed and steady field of view
What we decided to do
Take pictures of the moon and see what's up... in the sky.
Our attempt
Unclear images
No standard way of measuring
Moon goes down without changing size