Had to make a stop this morning on my way to work to enjoy the magnificent sight of this golden sunrise... It always amazes me how large the sun looks when it's resting just above the horizon.
This optical phenomenon is called the Ponzo illusion, named after the Italian psychologist Mario Ponzo (1882-1960).
In 1911 he suggested, that the human mind judges an object's size based on its background, and therefore the Sun appears to be physically bigger when it's on the horizon compared to when it’s overhead.
I love how this illusion makes rising full moons look huge.