Tonights full moon (9/7/06)

[DSimmons]

clouds were already movin in by the time I got out there...missed it about five min I think...

[TXhummer2]

...this Friday morning, walked out, saw this:

Fuji E550, ISO 80
F5.6, 1/25
Friday, Sept 8th, 7:05AM




...then turned around, saw THIS!

Fuji E550, ISO 80
F2.8, 1/60
Friday, Sept 8th, 7:01AM




(yes, I took the moon pic SECOND)

[Cope]

It was definately big around 8PM Thursday night, and orange. By the time it rose high enough to photograph from my house, it had lost the orange hue, and wasn't nearly as large.

[d2creative]

Originally Posted by Cope

By the time it rose high enough to pfotograph from my house, it had lost the orange hue, and wasn't nearly as large.

http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_110.html

[TXhummer2]

heh, 2 people talking, no finite answer...


now, I buy into the "brain processing" part of this, why, a crane flying overhead in the evenings looks ENORMOUS, compared to the hummingbirds, sparrows, and even doves that have been hanging around our house all day, but, when I take a picture of it: barely a dot at 4X.

[JamesB]

yes the "moon illusion" has been argued for a long time as to what the cause is and why it looks much larger at the horizon than directly overhead. As far as I know a definate answer has not been decided on.

here are 2 shots I took back in June 2006 and I stacked one over top of another to show that the camera captures basically the same size object.

both shots were using the Canon 20D, and the sigma 50-500 @ 500mm. one shot was when the moon was fully above the horizon but still very close to it. the second shot was several hours later when the moon was well above the horizon.

edit: now when I took these shots the moon on the horizon did look much larger than it did higher in the sky


James