File talk:First photo from space.jpg

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Can NASA explain why the first photo from outer space shows a flat horizon? --212.186.7.98 14:52, 12 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Use a straight edge instead of your eyes. There is a easily noticeable curve. Hohum (talk) 15:14, 12 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
So 345.000 feet up you still need to measure precisely in order to discover a very slight curve? How is it then with airplanes from which you allegedly can see a curvature too? If you have to measure so precisely in this (and the mesospheric) image, then you shouldn't be able to see any curvature 35.000 feet up at all. --212.186.7.98 15:31, 12 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
That depends on the field of view. Looking out a plane window with your eyes likely has a far wider one than the camera for this photograph. Hohum (talk) 18:38, 13 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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