On Sat, 21 May 2011 21:07:29 +0200, Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote:

> Nekar Xenos <nek### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
>> Why does this look so much like a render? The moon looks so huge and the
>> sun so small...
>
>> http://www.marlothparkhonoraryrangers.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/sunset.jpg
>
>   Is that supposed to be a photograph? Without a technical explanation of
> how it's possible, I'm not ready to accept it as one (at least not one  
> which
> hasn't been post-processed).
>
>   In comics and cartoons (especially anime) sometimes a ginormous Moon is
> shown, for dramatic effect. This is not, in fact, completely impossible,
> at least if the Moon is very close to (or even partially covered by) the
> horizon: The effect can be achieved with a photograph by using a really
> strong zoom and aiming at the horizon, where the Moon is. This is  
> especially
> effective if there happens to be some detail (such as a house or a tree)  
> in
> front of the Moon just as the photo is taken. It makes the Moon look  
> enormous
> compared to the detail in front of it. (Of course with such a strong zoom
> there will be no perspective to speak of.)
>
>   However, the relative size of the Moon and the Sun, as seen from here,
> is about the same. Using this zooming trick would enlarge both. (Both are
> so far away that it would make no practical difference in how large they
> look.)
>

That is the reason I don't understand it. Here it is in the original page  
according to which it was taken at the north pole...
http://www.marlothparkhonoraryrangers.co.za/?page_id=2306

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-Nekar Xenos-

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