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dylan604yesterday at 6:25 PM2 repliesview on HN

It's even easier to see twice a day with sunrise and sunset!


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toss1yesterday at 9:57 PM

Yes, I've seen that too, and you can get the sensation.

But it is not nearly as vivid a sensation as the moon against a sharp edge of an alpine slope a couple km across a valley (vs all the way to the horizon).

The difference is on the scale of imagining being traveling in a railway car vs actually being in one. Once I saw it, it wasn't unlike being on a smooth Swiss rail just starting to pull out of the station...

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smorgasborgyesterday at 8:27 PM

exactly. that's the only other time you can get that sense. (or moonrise/set)