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| The Solstice Moon Illusion
No magic, only human perception. It's called a Solstice Moon Illusion. To the eye, you might think the moon is really close to Earth. But it's actually what astronomers say is hugging the horizon.
Publish Time: Jun 19, 2008 0:24:47 (MDT)
Source: KNDO - KNDU Tri-Cities
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| Solstice Moon Really Just An Illusion
It may seem like a full moon Wednesday ... but it's actually just a moon illusion.
Publish Time: Jun 18, 2008 17:41:15 (MDT)
Source: WCPO Cincinnati
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| Solstice Moon Really Just An Illusion
It may seem like a full moon Wednesday night, but it's actually just a moon illusion. This illusion, called a solstice moon, happens only on the two nights before the beginning of Summer and it makes the moon look much larger and more colorful than usual.
Publish Time: Jun 18, 2008 17:19:06 (MDT)
Source: The Kentucky Post
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| Moon Illusion Takes Place Tonight
It is more of an optical illusion, but the moon will "look" larger than normal right at moonrise tonight
Publish Time: Jun 18, 2008 16:11:36 (MDT)
Source: NBC 15 Mobile
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| Get your fill of the full moon illusion
While the moon illusion happens year-round, it is most easily observed in the Northern Hemisphere during the summer solstice moon. Due to the sun's high position during the summer solstice, the moon appears lowest in the sky at this time...
Publish Time: Jun 18, 2008 5:03:37 (MDT)
Source: USA Today
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| See a huge moon illusion
As the full moon rises this Wednesday evening, June 18, many people will be tricked into thinking it's unusually large. The moon illusion, as it's known, is a trick in our minds that makes the moon seem bigger when it's near the horizon.
Publish Time: Jun 17, 2008 9:37:36 (MDT)
Source: USA Today
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| Don’t miss a huge June moon illusion
The moon illusion, 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.
Publish Time: Jun 17, 2008 12:40:12 (MDT)
Source: MSNBC
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| See a Huge Moon Illusion Wednesday
As the full moon rises this Wednesday evening, June 18, many people will be tricked into thinking it's unusually large
Publish Time: Jun 17, 2008 9:15:16 (MDT)
Source: SPACE.com via Yahoo! News
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| See 'Moon Illusion' Wednesday Night
It tricks our minds into thinking the moon is larger.
Publish Time: Jun 18, 2008 11:46:59 (MDT)
Source: WOAI San Antonio
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| A moon shot reminiscent of 'E.T.'
The rising of the full moon, silhouetting a cholla cactus and recalling an indelible image from the movie "E.T.," created a colorful optical illusion Wednesday night. The illusion made the moon loom dominantly in the June sky, where it appeared to be larger near the horizon.
Publish Time: Jun 19, 2008 1:26:36 (MDT)
Source: Arizona Daily Star
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| Solstice Moon Illusion
Sometimes you just can't believe your eyes. This week is one of those times. More
Publish Time: Jun 19, 2008 10:33:38 (MDT)
Source: WKRG News 5 Mobile
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| Solstice Moon Illusion
Sometimes you just can't believe your eyes. This week is one of those times. On Wednesday night, June 18th, step outside at sunset and look around. You'll see a giant form rising in the east. At first glance it looks like the full Moon. It has craters and seas and the face of a man, but this "moon" is strangely inflated. It's huge!
Publish Time: Jun 17, 2008 12:27:08 (MDT)
Source: PhysOrg
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| Solstice moon was like a huge strawberry treat
In some areas, the sky this week is featuring aandnbsp;huge strawberry treat -- aandnbsp; moon that appears to be a giant pink sphere. Scientists call the sightandnbsp;the Moon Illusion.andnbsp; It occurs each year on June 18 and is called a solstice moon because summer solstice occurs on or ne ...
Publish Time: Jun 18, 2008 3:43:51 (MDT)
Source: The Virginian-Pilot
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| Moon illusion happens tonight
AUSTIN, Texas (KXAN) -- Tonight, you will just have to see it to believe it.
Publish Time: Jun 18, 2008 19:52:29 (MDT)
Source: KXAN 36 Austin
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| Why the moon will seem so large tonight
Washington, June 18 : Tonight, the moon will seem unusually large, an illusion that has been explained by scientists.
Publish Time: Jun 18, 2008 4:39:30 (MDT)
Source: New Kerala
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| Lunar Alert!!! Get Ready to See a HUGE Moon!
So you're outside Wednesday night and you look up. You'll see a huge moon hanging in the sky! No, it's not getting closer or bigger, just a way cool optical illusion.
Publish Time: Jun 17, 2008 11:13:23 (MDT)
Source: WSFA 12 Montgomery
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| Weather blog: Summer solstice to super size moon over Dallas tonight
Saunter outside a few minutes after 9 tonight, look toward the southeast, and -- if the clouds cooperate -- take a gander at a full moon that looks extra, extra full. Scientists call it the "solstice moon," coming as it does two days before the summer solstice.
Publish Time: Jun 18, 2008 12:07:34 (MDT)
Source: Dallas Morning News
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| WORLD > Global General
As the full moon rises this Wednesday evening, June 18, many people will be tricked into thinking it's unusually large. The moon illusion, 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.
Publish Time: Jun 18, 2008 22:07:48 (MDT)
Source: China Daily
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| The Illusion by Tony Kushner
A flamboyant theatrical feast; featuring a magician, meddling maids, sword fights and dreams of life on the moon.
Publish Time: Jun 17, 2008 21:06:17 (MDT)
Source: Scoop.co.nz
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| The moon will play a trick on you Wednesday night
The saying that you can't believe what you see will definitely hold true for the moon rise tonight. That's when the moon will appear to be larger than normal as part of the "solstice moon," according to a NASA news release.
Publish Time: Jun 17, 2008 22:10:12 (MDT)
Source: TCPalm.com
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| 'Solstice moon' will look bigger Wednesday night
The moon will appear to be larger than normal tonight. But if you take a picture, it will look normal.
Publish Time: Jun 17, 2008 19:07:23 (MDT)
Source: TCPalm.com
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| Fragile Gaza truce enters second day
A fragile truce entered its second day in the Gaza Strip on Friday amid scepticism over how long the Egyptian-brokered deal between Israel and the Islamist Hamas movement would hold.
Publish Time: Jun 19, 2008 19:57:49 (MDT)
Source: AFP via Yahoo! News
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| Fragile Gaza truce comes into force
A fragile truce came into force in the Gaza Strip on Thursday amid scepticism over how long the Egyptian-brokered deal between Israel and the Islamist Hamas movement would hold.
Publish Time: Jun 19, 2008 10:38:04 (MDT)
Source: AFP via Yahoo! News
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| UN chief hails Gaza truce deal
UN chief Ban Ki-moon has hailed Israel's Egyptian-brokered truce agreement with Hamas in the Gaza Strip, voicing hope it would lead to an easing of the humanitarian crisis in the beleaguered territory.
Publish Time: Jun 18, 2008 14:21:57 (MDT)
Source: The West Australian
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| Fred's Weather: Don't astronomers have any respect for romance?
OK, skygazers, when you watch the "full' moon rise tonight it will appear unusually large on the horizon and grew smaller as it goes higher into the sky.
Publish Time: Jun 18, 2008 3:19:40 (MDT)
Source: Asbury Park Press
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