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I thought maybe it was atmospheric lensing but there's a way to prove it isn't. Hold a dime at arms length and compare it to the size of the objects in the sky. If it was lensing the object would seem bigger relative to the dime when it's on the horizon, but it doesn't.
Originally posted by philosearcher
If there was atmospheric lensing, which I'm 99% sure we all know there probably isn't, that would probably change the way we look at the atmosphere quite a bit. I wonder how it would effect the study of the atmosphere?