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When the Moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie

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The mystery of why the Moon looks larger when it is close to the horizon has at last been solved, reports Philip Ball.

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  1. Kaufman,L. & Kaufman, J.H. Explaining the moon illusion PNAS 97, 500 - 505 2000.

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Ball, P. When the Moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie. Nature (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/news000113-4

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