A picture on the internet being disingenuous? The hell you say!

I could tell it was fake because it was made up of a bunch of pixels.

I skimmed the article, but I'm not sure this is mentioned. If the moon and the sun are in the same quadrant of the sky, what's casting the earth's shadow on the moon?

xl5150: A picture People on the internet being disingenuous stupid? The hell you say!

Don't blame the picture.

Who thought it was real?

cgraves67: I skimmed the article, but I'm not sure this is mentioned. If the moon and the sun are in the same quadrant of the sky, what's casting the earth's shadow on the moon?

cgraves67: I skimmed the article, but I'm not sure this is mentioned. If the moon and the sun are in the same quadrant of the sky, what's casting the earth's shadow on the moon?

Lunar phases don't work that way. The "shadow" would just be the side of the moon facing away from the sun.

well thanks debbie downer

cgraves67: I skimmed the article, but I'm not sure this is mentioned. If the moon and the sun are in the same quadrant of the sky, what's casting the earth's shadow on the moon?

God I really hope you are trolling

cgraves67: I skimmed the article, but I'm not sure this is mentioned. If the moon and the sun are in the same quadrant of the sky, what's casting the earth's shadow on the moon?

cgraves67: I skimmed the article, but I'm not sure this is mentioned. If the moon and the sun are in the same quadrant of the sky, what's casting the earth's shadow on the moon?

Assuming you're not a troll:

IT IS A DRAWING.

Not real. Not a Photoshop.
Damn, just damn.

cgraves67: I skimmed the article, but I'm not sure this is mentioned. If the moon and the sun are in the same quadrant of the sky, what's casting the earth's shadow on the moon?

The moon that you visibly see in the sky is the light from the sun reflecting off of it. Depending on the moon's placement in relation to the sun, you see more or less of it. A full moon is the moon behind the Earth in relation to the sun, a new moon is basically between the Earth and the Sun. The moon has a wobbling orbit, which is why we get eclipses when it passes directly in front of/behind the Earth and the Sun. A half moon is to the side of the Earth.

For this picture to be accurate, where the moon appeared to be directly above the Sun yet crescent, it really would have to be taken from the north pole, as the moon would have to be above the Earth yet closer to the sun so that most of the moon is obscured.

Never would the moon appear bigger than the sun, the moon would have to have an orbit closer to the Earth, there is no lensing effect that would make it look THAT big.

cool picture though.

If anyone is looking for an easy and cheap experiment about how you see the phases of the moon, just do this. Go into a room that can be completely dark, get a nice bright lamp, a table lamp with a naked bulb should be fine. Get some kind of ball, basketball comes to mind here. The basketball is the moon, you are the Earth. Move the ball around your head and the light from the lamp will replicate the moon phases.

If you didn't do this at some point in a science class, your schools have failed you.

Did they ever figure out what makes the moon look so big when it's on the horizon?

zez: Did they ever figure out what makes the moon look so big when it's on the horizon?

Water retention.

zez: Did they ever figure out what makes the moon look so big when it's on the horizon?

Optical Illusion (new window)

Never even saw it until now.

Needs to include a howling wolf.

Why is Iran attacking the North Pole?

jbuist: BigLuca: cgraves67: I skimmed the article, but I'm not sure this is mentioned. If the moon and the sun are in the same quadrant of the sky, what's casting the earth's shadow on the moon?

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I don't know why but that picture gave me a freaking giggle fit. Thank you.

+1. Excellent post Would read again.

Spindle: zez: Did they ever figure out what makes the moon look so big when it's on the horizon?

Optical Illusion (new window)


Thank you for that link. I always thought the illusion had to do with our brains comparing the Moon on the horizon to Earth-bound objects (like a house, or tree, or hillside) and figuring: 'Well, since I know the moon is huge, even though it's millions of meters away, it should still dwarf that house.'

...when in reality, it's simply a product of the Ponzo Illusion (never knew its name), because we're unable to comprehend that the Moon on the horizon is just as far away the Moon high in the sky.

/Stupid brain...

cgraves67: I skimmed the article, but I'm not sure this is mentioned. If the moon and the sun are in the same quadrant of the sky, what's casting the earth's shadow on the moon?

The Bad Astronomer: Phoenix19851: cgraves67: I skimmed the article, but I'm not sure this is mentioned. If the moon and the sun are in the same quadrant of the sky, what's casting the earth's shadow on the moon?

God I really hope you are trolling

I'm sure it's just a phase.


/HAHAHA!! I MOONED YOU!

I say that cgraves67 is TBA's alt for trolling. Who's with me?

M-O-O-N, that spells moon. Laws, yes.

Spindle: zez: Did they ever figure out what makes the moon look so big when it's on the horizon?

Optical Illusion (new window)

When speaking of this illusion, why is the sun never mentioned? It's always the moon. The sun on the horizon can definitely look much bigger than at noon. The effect is much more pronounced with the sun than the moon.

WHAT IS BIG ASTRONOMY TRYING TO HIDE??? WAKE UP SHEEPLE

No seriously, what's the explanation?

LDM90: Spindle: zez: Did they ever figure out what makes the moon look so big when it's on the horizon?

Optical Illusion (new window)

When speaking of this illusion, why is the sun never mentioned? It's always the moon. The sun on the horizon can definitely look much bigger than at noon. The effect is much more pronounced with the sun than the moon.

WHAT IS BIG ASTRONOMY TRYING TO HIDE??? WAKE UP SHEEPLE

No seriously, what's the explanation?


I'm guessing people just enjoy staring at a satellite made of cheese than the boring old Sun...

I don't get it. Wouldn't the moon look bigger since you're at the top of the world and closer to space?

No, wait, then the sun would look bigger too and cancel that out. I get it!

Oh come on. Next you'll be saying that some women have boobs that aren't real.

The Bad Astronomer: Phoenix19851: cgraves67: I skimmed the article, but I'm not sure this is mentioned. If the moon and the sun are in the same quadrant of the sky, what's casting the earth's shadow on the moon?

God I really hope you are trolling

I'm sure it's just a phase.


/HAHAHA!! I MOONED YOU!

haha

nobody wrote "That's no moon!"

Could Fark be... going up?

Grr, Growing up I mean. fark, thought I reread that.

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A picture on the internet being disingenuous? The hell you say!

Everything on the internet is true, I know so because I read it on the inter... oh MY GOD!

I got a zillion copies of this one, from all them nice old Grandmother Ladies I work for (I manage vacation condos). There is nothing on Earth more gullible than an 80-year-old Trophy Wife with an AOL account.....

It's similar to "Mars will be bigger than the Moon this month! first time in a zillion years!" Which comes around every year.....

But a warning: if you point this out, to them Nice Old Ladies, suddenly you are the asshole! and they'll stop baking you cookies.

Thanks anyway, Bad Astronomer!