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Offline Meg

Re: See Too Far calculations off by factor of 2!
« Reply #5 on: February 20, 2022, 11:21:26 AM »


Image 2: The mountain, whose base is at the same elevation than the the observer, disappears below the horizon. With literal kilometers of the 4,392m high mountain missing it's straightforward to conclude that the base of the mountain, while at the same elevation above the vertical datum, physically drops away from the observer:




The photo on the right - supposedly 130 miles from Mt. Rainier, doesn't provide an accurate depiction. Here's a photo of Mt. Rainier taken on the Seattle waterfront, which is about 100 miles from Mt. Rainier as the crow flies. As you can see, it's shows much more of the mountain than your photo. And.... I was able to see Mt. Rainier from my living room window from our house that we recently sold. It was a little over 100 miles away. I don't have a photo. 


seattle-boat-cruise-view.jpg (800×495) (quirkytravelguy.com)