Karmanopoly@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 2 months agoCanada should make the USA pay for thisimagemessage-square60linkfedilinkarrow-up1529arrow-down112file-text
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minus-squarestarik@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down7·2 months agoThe shapes of states are arbitrary. That is an actual photo from space, but the white lines are added to the image after the fact.
minus-squarestarik@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 months agoIt’s true. You can tell because the white lines are in front of the clouds.
minus-squareprettybunnys@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·2 months agoThat’s just because the clouds are lower to the ground. You can fly over clouds, so the lines needed to be drawn higher than the clouds so pilots can find their way. It’s also why the smoke isn’t covering the line, since the fire is on the ground and the smoke is rising it hasn’t made it as high as the line yet.
minus-squarebetterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 months agoThat’s ridiculous, are you trying to tell me that they draw those lines on every photo instead of marking the ground once? Typical government waste! Also, this community is for serious posting and commenting only.
minus-square0ops@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoThere aren’t really lines, they did that with wires
minus-squarejaybone@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoAnd this is taken from a low (as in southerly) angle, making Washington look flatter or squished. That or the aspect ratio was altered.
minus-squarestarik@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoIt’s definitely from the south, and low earth orbit is really low. It’s like putting your eye right up to a baseball, almost touching it. See where the ISS orbits, to scale, here:
The shapes of states are arbitrary. That is an actual photo from space, but the white lines are added to the image after the fact.
LIES!
It’s true. You can tell because the white lines are in front of the clouds.
That’s just because the clouds are lower to the ground.
You can fly over clouds, so the lines needed to be drawn higher than the clouds so pilots can find their way.
It’s also why the smoke isn’t covering the line, since the fire is on the ground and the smoke is rising it hasn’t made it as high as the line yet.
That’s ridiculous, are you trying to tell me that they draw those lines on every photo instead of marking the ground once? Typical government waste! Also, this community is for serious posting and commenting only.
There aren’t really lines, they did that with wires
And this is taken from a low (as in southerly) angle, making Washington look flatter or squished. That or the aspect ratio was altered.
It’s definitely from the south, and low earth orbit is really low. It’s like putting your eye right up to a baseball, almost touching it.
See where the ISS orbits, to scale, here: