Did you go out and see the Supermoon last night? It was huge! Well, in some places. I went out in New York and didn’t even notice a difference. Nonetheless, here’s the gigantic, fiery Supermoon hanging over Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. She looks pretty scary. [MSNBC]
Don’t underestimate the effect the horizon has on things. I was out last night and just as the moon was coming over the horizon, it was huge. 5-10 minutes later as it continued to rise, it got smaller and smaller, down to a ‘normal’ size.
Since I was on the highway at the time, I wasn’t able to snap it at the horizon, but take heart… the moon rises every day.
If you were on the moon it would have been a super-Earth rise. The Earths roughly 4 times bigger than the moon, so imagine that coming over the horizon.
Bob
Monday, March 21, 2011 at 9:31 AMThe moon can be made to look big in any picture, at any time. Just stand a long way from your subject and employ a telephoto lens.
Jon
Monday, March 21, 2011 at 11:32 AMIt looked pretty normal to me in Florida…..
matt
Monday, March 21, 2011 at 11:36 AMohh… is that why its been so bright the last couple of nights!
in Brisbane, the moon combined with the diffusion from the clouds… it was almost strangely bright outside, even at midnight.
Robert (B-ob)
Monday, March 21, 2011 at 2:12 PMDon’t underestimate the effect the horizon has on things. I was out last night and just as the moon was coming over the horizon, it was huge. 5-10 minutes later as it continued to rise, it got smaller and smaller, down to a ‘normal’ size.
Since I was on the highway at the time, I wasn’t able to snap it at the horizon, but take heart… the moon rises every day.
Rochford
Monday, March 21, 2011 at 5:26 PMIf you were on the moon it would have been a super-Earth rise. The Earths roughly 4 times bigger than the moon, so imagine that coming over the horizon.
Rochford
Monday, March 21, 2011 at 5:28 PMD’oh…except the Earth wouldn’t come up over the horizon of course, but it would still look 4 times as large as the moon fixed in the sky overhead.
Kane McManus
Monday, March 21, 2011 at 7:14 PMovercast and raining. i didn’t see it :(
RJ
Thursday, March 24, 2011 at 7:54 PMIt’s all that nitrogen that’s missing from the ocean, blowing up the balloon moon.
Or maybe it’s just the usual optical illusion