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Old 9th Nov 2002, 02:10
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Cool At what FL should you see the curvature of the earth?

Got my pictures back from a recent trip and one picture caught my attention:

Blue sky, almost black at the very top of the picture, no clouds and I think I can make out the curvature of the earth.

The picture was taken at FL410 or 430 at about 45N. The lens was set to about 100mm.

Question is: Is the curvature visable at FL430 or is it just the effect of my lens? At what altitudes can one make it out?



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