randomaccount43543@lemmy.world to xkcd@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-28 months agoxkcd #2915: Eclipse Cloudsimgs.xkcd.comimagemessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up1500arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up1494arrow-down1imagexkcd #2915: Eclipse Cloudsimgs.xkcd.comrandomaccount43543@lemmy.world to xkcd@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-28 months agomessage-square19fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareBjörn Tantau@swg-empire.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 months agoIf it’s any consolation, the size difference of a super moon cannot be seen with the naked eye. Lensing effects from the atmosphere can make much more of a difference and they don’t depend on how far away it is.
minus-squareAppoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 months agoI felt like I can see larger moons at time. Though I am not sure if it has to do with atmospheric effects or actual distance differences.
minus-squareBartyDeCanter@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoIt has nothing to do with actual distances and everything to do with optical illusions and atmospheric effects.
If it’s any consolation, the size difference of a super moon cannot be seen with the naked eye. Lensing effects from the atmosphere can make much more of a difference and they don’t depend on how far away it is.
I felt like I can see larger moons at time.
Though I am not sure if it has to do with atmospheric effects or actual distance differences.
It has nothing to do with actual distances and everything to do with optical illusions and atmospheric effects.