On Monday, 18 April 2022 at 12:58:13 UTC+1, Peter Able wrote:
> On 18/04/2022 07:34, Brian Gaff (Sofa) wrote:
> > No its the other way around to work as observed, surely. The difference
> > seems to be the proximity to something known though. This can of course
> > change if you happen to be on top of a hill, since the horizon is further
> > away.
> > I'm still not convinced by the pure illusion theory, and feel there may be
> > some kind of process in the mix somewhere.
> > Brian
> >
> The other way around? Re-read my post. I've not made any comment,
> relative or absolute, on observations reported - just suggested that
> your pal might acquire more experimental data.
>
> Unless you mean smoking your pal and telling the glass to look through
> him !!!
>
> PA

You can do this by making your hand into a fist like telescope and view through the hole.

Why, the moon reflection is hardly going to damage the eyes.
He was driving at the time.
Brian

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"Peter Able" <stuck@home.com> wrote in message
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> On 17/04/2022 09:05, Brian Gaff (Sofa) wrote:
>> A fiend of mine was very excited yesterday evening when he was driving
>> home.
>> He said the moon was three times its usual size and reddy yellow colour.
>>
>> Obviously I cannot comment myself, but I do recall back in the 80s,
>> sitting
>> on the Breakwater a resort on Tenerife, and in one direction the sun was
>> setting and that was dim but you could see it reflected in the see, and
>> in
>> the other was this apparently huge mooned rising. My thought then as now
>> were that its an optical illusion or some artefact due to the low angle
>> through more of the atmosphere at that angle.
>>
>> Brian
>>
> IIRC - Tell your pal to watch the phenomena through a smoked piece of
> glass.
>
> PA
>