Is it me ?

[Davey-T]

Just got S@N delivered with 2017 calendar and looking at the Moon pic' I can't for the life of me make it appear properly, it's like one of those pictures that flip back and forth in perspective but I can't get the craters to look like craters, no matter how much I defocus and squint they look like mountains 

Dave

[RWB]

Try spec-savers   (other brands are available)

Robin 

[Hertford Stargazer]

The moon picture for March? Just had a look and it's fine with me, maybe you have a defective copy 

 

[ronl]

Mine looks fine too, phone them up, they will send you another calendar.

[Davey-T]

I'll get a second opinion before I complain 

Dave

[barkis]

I often see craters as Domes,  It's an optical anomaly,

your brain will interpret a crater as a Dome, or vice versa.
You are not alone in that respect. Of course you can't rule out
The Magazine  having a role in this, perhaps if it has a glossy look, it may 
have a bearing on it .
 

[Steve Ward]

http://www.michaelbach.de/ot/fcs_hollow-face/

[Davey-T]

If I illuminate them with an LED torch at an angle they look like craters but if I illuminate it straight on they look like mounds, weird.

Dave

[Astro Imp]

This optical illusion I have often noticed in the lunar imaging section of the forum and once I see craters as domes they continue to look that way no matter what I do.

Edited November 16, 2016 by Astro Imp

[oobydooby]

They look like mounds and bumps to me too.  Try turning it upside down.  Look like craters that way.

[johnfosteruk]

I'm not seeing it Dave, but The Present Mrs Foster is in agreement, so that's one more in your corner mate.

[laudropb]

Can't wait for my copy to arrive now to have a look at this lol.

[Stu1976j]

Well I am with you on that one they look like they are water blisters ready to be popped. glad someone else see's what I see 

[Stu1976j]

2 hours ago, Steve Ward said:

http://www.michaelbach.de/ot/fcs_hollow-face/

Very good, goes to show

[Gazabone]

I can see what you mean, still a nice pic, one that I'd have been proud to be responsible for>

[Steve Ward]

My favourite version is the Dragon that really does follow you round the room , you can download a printable pdf and make your own too , I usually knock a few up around this time of year for friends kids , great fun and easy to cut and tape together ... 

 

[Alien 13]

7 minutes ago, Steve Ward said:

My favourite version is the Dragon that really does follow you round the room , you can download a printable pdf and make your own too , I usually knock a few up around this time of year for friends kids , great fun and easy to cut and tape together ... 

 

Thats absolutely brilliant, thanks.

Alan

[Gina]

Yes, your mind interprets images in the way it expects, that's why these visual tricks work.  You are probably more likely to be familiar with mountains and hills than craters - there aren't many craters in the UK

Edited November 15, 2016 by Gina

[barkis]

The same effect can confuse you when figuring a Newtonian mirror, you think you have slight depression
under the knife edge, and suddenly it appears to change to an oblate spheroid.
Only by knowing which side the knife edge is cutting into the reflected light from the Foucault tester, 
can you determine what you are actually seeing.
It can puggle one's mind  a bit