Travis
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I am just trying to save you from embarrassment later.
It the earth was flat, you would be able to see much more of Chicago from 60 miles away than just the tips of a few buildings. You would also be able to see Milwaukee from the same point.
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mWmRGanD2...AAQKU/_Hnxy7Ct780/s1600/IMG_5099-001_Snap.jpg
Atmospheric distortion and perspective cannot explain why you can only see the tops. There is only one good explanation is this: there is a hump of water in the way; a spherical section of a globe in obscuring most of the towers.
Many buildings in Chicago are just as wide as the ones you can see in this photograph, but shorter; so it is not perspective that limits our ability to see them, it is the lack of height.
It the earth was flat, you would be able to see much more of Chicago from 60 miles away than just the tips of a few buildings. You would also be able to see Milwaukee from the same point.
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mWmRGanD2...AAQKU/_Hnxy7Ct780/s1600/IMG_5099-001_Snap.jpg
Atmospheric distortion and perspective cannot explain why you can only see the tops. There is only one good explanation is this: there is a hump of water in the way; a spherical section of a globe in obscuring most of the towers.
Many buildings in Chicago are just as wide as the ones you can see in this photograph, but shorter; so it is not perspective that limits our ability to see them, it is the lack of height.