Air's a little thicker here than there, or a bit of a breeze over yonder
has stirred up some dust and maybe a smidgen of humidity has filtered in.
Throw in some dark matter, and there's your oblate spheroid. <g>
--Bob Whitmire
Certified Neanderthal
On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 12:45 PM, Chuck Norcutt <
chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I don't know about changing shape but certainly changing shape requires a
> change in dimension somewhere. However, I just finished reading an article
> that says the common belief that the sun or moon becomes larger as they
> approach the horizon has been declared an optical illusion after being
> disproven by careful measurement with thodolites.
>
> Well there you go. My eyes and brain are subject to optical illusions.
> Your E3 is not yet still images an oblate spheroid. As I said: "I don't
> know". :-)
>
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