Re: The Sun

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Chris,

What you are observing is an optical illusion... where you have something
on the horizon to which your eye/brain makes a "physical size" comparison.

Ken




>Hi,
>
>It is Sunday here at Sunset in London, UK.
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>The sky is almost clear, just aircraft contrails of airliners from Heathrow.
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>The sun is just above the horizon and looks almost as if it is more than
>twice as big as normal.
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>Am I seeing the august moon (sunset) (which makes the moon seem bigger) or
>has the sun got a bit overheated?
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>I think it must be an atmospheric or physiological (seeing) effect.
>
>Can anyone clarify?
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>BTW I CAN T TURN HTML OFF??? SORRY!
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