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Can you really see the curve of the earth from 1km? I can't really even see the curve of the earth from an airplane (or can people with 20/20 vision see the cur
by jdavis703 9y ago
Can you really see the curve of the earth from 1km? I can't really even see the curve of the earth from an airplane (or can people with 20/20 vision see the curve from commercial aviation altitudes?)
- Simon_says 9y agoThe declination of the horizon is a couple degrees at altitudes that commercial flights fly at. It can be measured with standard carpentry tools.
- codecamper 9y agoNow how did you get carpentry tools into an airplane?
- andy_ppp 9y agoDisguise them as 100ml bottles of liquid...
- lucisferre 9y agoLike this obviously: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nNUEU8gnf4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nNUEU8gnf4
- Simon_says 9y agoI can't tell if this is satire. We're well into Poe's Law territory here.
- Simon_says 9y agoStep 1: get a private pilot certificate.
- askvictor 9y agoI can see the curve of the Earth at the beach. Or maybe I'm just imagining it in the knowledge that it's there.
- 4ad 9y agoI can't see it at the beach, the sea is always too rough, but I can definitely see it on a still large lake.