Full Moon

[poliphilo]

When I look at the full moon in the sky- as I did last night- I can see it has a jolly smiling face (inclined slightly to the left) but when I look at it in maps or photographs I can't see the face at all. I wonder why. 

Comments

[steepholm.livejournal.com]

It is shy and doesn't like being photographed (remember how Diana reacted to Actaeon), so turns modestly away.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Of course :)

[artkouros.livejournal.com]

I was going to talk about the ability of the human eye to resolve high spatial frequencies (details) but I like this answer better.