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Topic	What do you make of real NASA images vs. world can fit into Africa argument?
darkphoenix181 04/13/17 2:01:05 PM #12:	TheOneWithin posted... The curvature of the earth is a big factor of it. The earth being roughly a sphere distorts the focal point from which we view images, so some images are stretched out because its relative to the focal point we're viewing it from. in terms of actual surface area Africa consists of 20.4% of the Earth's land area, so yes this is image is true: https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2014-12/29/0/enhanced/webdr06/enhanced-buzz-29318-1419829620-9.jpg That image does not have the whole world though, only fifteen or s countries. this is irrelevant because we are looking at both africa and united states they are both suffering from this curvature in these photos and yet the buzzfeed people are clearly wrong --- sigless user is me or am I? <cite>darkphoenix181 posted [p:877125179] in What do yo... [t:75233443]...</cite> <quote><cite>TheOneWithin posted...</cite> <quote>The curvature of the earth is a big factor of it. The earth being roughly a sphere distorts the focal point from which we view images, so some images are stretched out because its relative to the focal point we're viewing it from. in terms of actual surface area Africa consists of 20.4% of the Earth's land area, so yes this is image is true: https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2014-12/29/0/enhanced/webdr06/enhanced-buzz-29318-1419829620-9.jpg That image does not have the whole world though, only fifteen or s countries.</quote> this is irrelevant because we are looking at both africa and united states they are both suffering from this curvature in these photos and yet the buzzfeed people are clearly wrong --- sigless user is me or am I?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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