Karmanopoly@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 6 days agoCanada should make the USA pay for thislemmy.worldimagemessage-square60linkfedilinkarrow-up1525arrow-down111file-text
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minus-squarebetterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up74·6 days agoSpace. Who knew the land actually had lines like that? Guess that’s why the states and provinces are shaped the way they are though.
minus-squaregrte@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up16·6 days agoThose Nazcas were a lot more wide ranging than I thought.
minus-squarebetterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·6 days agoA few of them were bad at following the plans for their part of the drawing and got lost.
minus-squareTollana1234567@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 days agothose are leylines for magic users.
minus-squareFinjaminPoach@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·5 days agoI knew the land had lines like that. Behold, The Slash! Relevant Youtube Short
minus-squareGhostalmedia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·6 days agoI can confirm. I am from space.
minus-squarestarik@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down7·6 days 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-up6·6 days agoIt’s true. You can tell because the white lines are in front of the clouds.
minus-squareprettybunnys@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·6 days 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-up8·6 days 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-up3·6 days agoThere aren’t really lines, they did that with wires
minus-squarejaybone@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 days 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-up4·6 days 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:
Space. Who knew the land actually had lines like that? Guess that’s why the states and provinces are shaped the way they are though.
Those Nazcas were a lot more wide ranging than I thought.
A few of them were bad at following the plans for their part of the drawing and got lost.
those are leylines for magic users.
I knew the land had lines like that.
Behold, The Slash!
Relevant Youtube Short
I can confirm. I am from space.
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: