XPost: sci.physics, sci.physics.electromag   
   From: jos.bergervoet@xs4all.nl   
      
   On 2/11/2012 10:20 PM, glen herrmannsfeldt wrote:   
     ..   
   > Next, can you explain why the moon looks bigger near the horizon   
   > than when it is high in the sky? It is easy to show that the   
   > angular size is the same in both cases, but subjectively the   
   > size is different.   
      
   I would expect that the brain corrects for the fact that   
   things near the horizon are usually very far away.. (not   
   sure, there might be other reasons as well)   
      
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