"Mick" wrote in message
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"Magnus Nyborg" wrote in message
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"Mick" wrote in message
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Ok..so I took a toilet paper roll and looked at the waning crescent
moon
this morning at 4:30 local time. I could see enough
earth shine to complete the disc...there is NO WAY Mars comes even
close
at
120 X's magnification to being a comparable
angular diameter in the EP....the math says yes..my eyes say NO! Go
figure...

That's why it is concidered an illusion - a direct comparison (the
magnified
view of Mars in one eye, the non-magnified view of the Moon in the
other)
eliminates the illusion.


You seem to pass off "illusion" as nothing more than the natural
biological
function of taking a leak...

Illusion are just that, very illusory and basic...

the fact remains that the moon will always appear larger in the sky than
Mars will appear in the EP...
and with no good explanation....math says yes, eyes and brain says NO.....

The fact of the matter is, that if you compare the both at the same time,
you will see clearly that Mars (now) at 100x looks bigger than the Moon at
1x. But as soon as you are unable to compare them directly, you will
probably again see what you se now. I have experienced the exact same
myself, and so have others.

Since many people have said the same, and since it can not possibly be like
this, it must be an illusion... Illusions do happen!

Clear Skies,
Magnus