<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/deb9ddd1-19d1-4bfd-9d3d-ee5d200b02cd/A699518B-0C75-4D20-9805-5EEC96EA2673/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20080617/sc_space/seeahugemoonillusionwednesday" href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20080617/sc_space/seeahugemoonillusionwednesday" style="font-size: 11px;">news.yahoo.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20080617/sc_space/seeahugemoonillusionwednesday"><H1> <DIV class="source"> <A href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/space/SIG=grdpua;_ylt=AkbPyVuU27j9nsT4PTIy1KP737YB/*http://www.SPACE.com/"><IMG height="50" width="135" border="0" alt="SPACE.com" src="http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/nws/p/space_logo_135x50.jpg" /></A> </DIV> See a Huge Moon Illusion Wednesday </H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20080617/sc_space/seeahugemoonillusionwednesday"><P> As the <SPAN id="lw_1213733821_0" class="yshortcuts">full moon</SPAN> rises this Wednesday evening, June 18, many people will be tricked into thinking it's unusually large</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20080617/sc_space/seeahugemoonillusionwednesday"><P>The <A href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/space/sc_space/storytext/seeahugemoonillusionwednesday/27909769/SIG=11rvhg69b/*http://www.livescience.com/mysteries/060907_moon_big.html"><SPAN id="lw_1213733821_1" class="yshortcuts">moon illusion</SPAN></A>, as it's known, is a trick in our minds that makes the moon seem bigger when it's near the horizon. The effect is most pronounced at full moon. Many people swear it's real, suggesting that perhaps <SPAN id="lw_1213733821_2" class="yshortcuts">Earth's atmosphere</SPAN> magnifies the moon.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20080617/sc_space/seeahugemoonillusionwednesday"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/news.yahoo.com/img/2BAC0C77-464A-4B14-A4A6-73B1D2FF17FC" alt="Orren Carmen of Grass Valley, Calif., walks his horse Kilt in front of a full moon during the second day of the Reno Rodeo Cattle Drive on Monday, June 16, 2008. (AP Photo Nevada Appeal, Kevin Clifford)." /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20080617/sc_space/seeahugemoonillusionwednesday"><P>But it really is all in our minds. The moon is not bigger at the horizon than when overhead.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20080617/sc_space/seeahugemoonillusionwednesday"><P>The illusion will be particularly noticeable at this "solstice moon," coming just two days before summer starts in the <SPAN id="lw_1213733821_3" class="yshortcuts">Northern Hemisphere</SPAN>. The reason, according to <SPAN id="lw_1213733821_4" class="yshortcuts">NASA</SPAN>, lies in <A href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/space/sc_space/storytext/seeahugemoonillusionwednesday/27909769/SIG=1232hnlcd/*http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/moon_mechanics_0303018.html"><SPAN id="lw_1213733821_5" class="yshortcuts">lunar mechanics</SPAN></A>: The sun and full moon are like kids on a see-saw; when one is high, the other is low. This week's high solstice sun gives us a low, horizon-hugging moon and a strong, long-lasting version of the illusion. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20080617/sc_space/seeahugemoonillusionwednesday"><P>If it's any consolation, space station astronauts report the <A href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/space/sc_space/storytext/seeahugemoonillusionwednesday/27909769/SIG=11tfd3vn9/*http://www.space.com/imageoftheday/image_of_day_061220.html"><SPAN id="lw_1213733821_6" class="yshortcuts">same effect</SPAN></A>.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/A699518B-0C75-4D20-9805-5EEC96EA2673/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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