We're lucky the Earth is round because if it weren't, almost everyone's view of the sunrise and sunset would almost always be blocked!
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I’m sure someone has an explanation for why they’re not.
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I'm curious what it is!
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My retarded brother says it’s because you can only view so far and it’s not curvature that stops it it’s thickness of atmosphere or something?
wiki.tfes.org/Viewing_Distan
(Disclaimer I think it’s stupid and obviously false. I believe, like every sensible person, the worlds round)
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Was curious, just did the math. Assuming you're standing at sea level and are 2m tall, another 2m object would be obscured by curvature at a distance of about 10km. So it'll depend on weather conditions. SF is cloudy today, visibility of only 2.5km. On a clear day, more like 20.