When I look at the moon in the sky, I have no trouble whatsoever seeing the “Man in the Moon” face. But when looking at a photo of the moon, I can’t make out the same face, even if I hold it far away and squint.
What gives?
WAG, when you look at the moon your eye picks out the major features and ignores the smaller and less distinct ones.
But when you look at a photo, all the features are equally distinct and sharp and the face features are swamped by too much info.
I’ve often wondered about this very thing. The first thing to remember is that the moon is teeny in the sky, only about a half a degree. So the picture in my atlas, about a foot across, to appear to have the same angular dimension as the moon in the sky would have to be about 120 feet away.
My yard ain’t that big. I put the atlas 60 or so feet away and could pick up on the appearance of a face. I think a real high contrast picture would do even better.
If you have a large(poster size) picture of the moon, you can see the face.
Should “moon” be capitalized, when referring to Earth’s moon?
Peace,
mangeorge
Yes. in astronomy the Earth’s moon is most commonly referred to as the Moon;
the earth is called the Earth; and our sun is called the Sun.
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You can see the Man in the Moon directly, but not via photographs, video, film or mirrored telescopes because he is a vampire.
A noun should be capitalised when it refers to a single instance, so yes it should be capitalised.
Anyone have a link that outlines the Man in the Moon face? I’ve never been able to see it. And I have a pretty active imagination 