Moon Walk and Mince Pies

Today is Christmas Eve in the UK (and elsewhere) and we went for a walk by the day / moon light. The moon appeared very large on the horizon, but our astronomer guides (Mike and Joyce) revealed that this is an optical illusion. Our expectation that things near the horizon will be larger than the dots of light in the sky makes us believe that the moon is larger when it is low in the sky. (During our walk yesterday we saw a full moon and sun at the same time! Norfolk has a certain flatness.) After the walk we had sausage rolls and mince pies :)

Moon on the horizon

Moon and sheep

Moon walk

Moon and chapel

Mince pie