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Old 20th Oct 2020, 09:50
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As you move away from earth more and more of its hemisphere becomes visible.

But to see absolutely the whole hemisphere you'd need to be infinitely far away, such that the rays of light towards your eyes become parallel.

Luckily the universe allows for getting infinitely far away (perhaps).
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