How is it possible, that 2 ellipses with the same Radius where not (visually) with the same Radius?

in the image bellow, Black and Red ellipses has the same RadiusX... but look on the picture!  

![alt text](https://i.stack.imgur.com/gmo49.jpg)

```
<GeometryDrawing Brush="Red">
    <GeometryDrawing.Pen>
        <Pen Brush="Yellow" Thickness="1"/>
    </GeometryDrawing.Pen>
    <GeometryDrawing.Geometry>
        <GeometryGroup>
            <EllipseGeometry x:Name="MediumCircle" 
                             Center="0,0" RadiusX="4" RadiusY="4" />
        </GeometryGroup>
    </GeometryDrawing.Geometry>
</GeometryDrawing>
<GeometryDrawing Brush="Black">
    <GeometryDrawing.Geometry>
        <GeometryGroup>
            <EllipseGeometry x:Name="SmallCircle" 
                             Center="0,0" RadiusX="4" RadiusY="2"/>
        </GeometryGroup>
    </GeometryDrawing.Geometry>
</GeometryDrawing>

```