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I am curious about a couple of things here. A: Why does this picture show the lake rising? B: Why can I see trees on the shore ~24 miles away? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Pontchartrain_Causeway https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lake_Pontchartrain_Causeway.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lake_Pontchartrain_Causeway_From_Three_Lakeway_Center.png https://i.ibb.co/KmPfRzY/Screenshot-from-2021-04-03-06-04-55.png

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[–] [deleted] • 0 pt

If you can see the curvature of the earth in that short of a distance - like 26 miles, then how small is the earth?! That's just an illusion. Now I don't doubt at all that the earth is round, but issues with cameras and lenses and refraction caused by air density, etc, will certainly be visible over a 26 mile distance.

[–] [deleted] • 1 pt

It's just under 24 miles. 24 miles = 284' below the horizon on the other side. Why can you see the shoreline and trees?