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Re: Plumb-line horizon vs. geocentric horizon
From: Peter Fogg
Date: 2005 Feb 4, 16:11 +1100
From: Peter Fogg
Date: 2005 Feb 4, 16:11 +1100
Quoting Alexandre Eremenko > Why the Moon (and especially the Sun) look > much larger when they are close to the horizon? Because the sky is perceived as a shallow bowl. The bodies near the horizon, being further away, are bigger.
