I COULD BE WRONG but if I understand the math correctly, the mountains captured in the world record for long distance photography should not be visible. The top of the most distant mountain should be about a half-mile below the curvature of the Earth.
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http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/first-circumnavigation-via-both-poles-surface
Its a world record too…. You are wrong
Rob Skiba Here is the explanation to this rare natural phenomenon. It's a world record. If the Earth was flat you could take pictures like this every day.
http://scaspueblo.com/blog/2016/10/02/scas-southern-colorado-skies-october-2-8-2016/
Study something called refraction. With this photo, the conditions needed to be damn near perfect. If what you postulate were true, we could see everything from the highest points, and we just, well, can't.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfeeN90XiBQ
Can you do a video on 3 things,
minutes long sunrise and sets from Antarctic station, that doesn't seem possible with the perspective explanation.
Flights to Japan through HI
And flights from Chile to Australia that should take longer on a FE.