Karmanopoly@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 8 hours agoCanada should make the USA pay for thislemmy.worldimagemessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up1352arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1345arrow-down1imageCanada should make the USA pay for thislemmy.worldKarmanopoly@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 8 hours agomessage-square41fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarestarik@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down5·6 hours 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-squarebetterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 minutes 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-squarejaybone@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 hours 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-up2·2 hours 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:
minus-squarestarik@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up4·6 hours agoIt’s true. You can tell because the white lines are in front of the clouds.
minus-squareprettybunnys@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·6 hours 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-square0ops@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 hours agoThere aren’t really lines, they did that with wires
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.
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.
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:
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.
There aren’t really lines, they did that with wires