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Published on Oct 24, 2012

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"Look how big the moon is!" you've shouted before. But what if I told you that the moon never really changes size, and it's simply your brain playing a trick? Find out what The Moon Illusion is, and why it happens!

Written and created by Mitchell Moffit (twitter @mitchellmoffit) and Gregory Brown (twitter @whalewatchmeplz).

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Music by Mitchell Moffit
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Art by Gregory and Mitchell
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Some Sources---

1) http://psycnet.apa.org/psycinfo/1963-...
2) http://retina.anatomy.upenn.edu/~bart...
3) http://bit.ly/Tw4Dkv

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  • Joel Silva

    Joel Silva 3 weeks ago

    @0:49 Death Mountain :]!!

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  • liljoker jr.

    liljoker jr. 1 week ago

    Can we become a super hero or a super villain?

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  • LoLo180499

    LoLo180499 7 hours ago

    This may sound weird but here's my question (I've posted it to Vsauce too) if you took into account the size of everything on the universe, and how many there are of everything, what is the average size for a thing? I know it would be a REALLY hard question to answer but if you could get any info on stuff like this, I dunno, it would just be really interesting :)

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  • xOStrawToberryOx

    xOStrawToberryOx 11 hours ago

    don't forget! the moon always follow you too!

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  • john o'connor

    john o'connor 17 hours ago

    Nice mountain man :)

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  • URaverageActor

    URaverageActor 1 day ago

    Why is it that the moon can be perceived to be different colors at different times like the ones in the photographs you used in the example???

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  • allen123906

    allen123906 1 day ago

    What is the science in a womens menstrual cycle? Or the science behind why some perfer certain genres of music over others.

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  • James Mcgreivy

    James Mcgreivy 2 days ago

    :D DEATH MOUNTAIN

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  • aajjeee

    aajjeee 3 days ago

    Death mountain! thank you for memories

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  • donethatgrizzy11315

    donethatgrizzy11315 5 days ago

    0:50 the picture in the right hand corner is death mountain via ocarina of time

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  • Ps3BlackOpsZombie

    Ps3BlackOpsZombie 5 days ago

    Why do some people enjoy toture - Brazen Bull, Rat toture etc.

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