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jmalickiyesterday at 12:24 PM2 repliesview on HN

It's also interesting because the radius of curvature is smaller, meaning the distance to the horizon is shorter north south, and a lot of these views are north south. So the increase in mountain height more than overcomes the other effect!


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rao-vyesterday at 5:32 PM

Are we saying line of sights are not symmetric? Why not?

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tombhyesterday at 12:47 PM

Woah, I've been thinking about this whole project for so long, but never considered that!