Comment on Canada should make the USA pay for this

• PattyMcB@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  LIES!

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  • starik@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s true. You can tell because the white lines are in front of the clouds.

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    • prettybunnys@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      That’s just because the clouds are lower to the ground.

      You can fly over clouds, so the lines needed to be drawn higher than the clouds so pilots can find their way.

      It’s also why the smoke isn’t covering the line, since the fire is on the ground and the smoke is rising it hasn’t made it as high as the line yet.

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• betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  That’s ridiculous, are you trying to tell me that they draw those lines on every photo instead of marking the ground once? Typical government waste! Also, this community is for serious posting and commenting only.

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• 0ops@piefed.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  There aren’t really lines, they did that with wires

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• jaybone@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  And this is taken from a low (as in southerly) angle, making Washington look flatter or squished. That or the aspect ratio was altered.

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  • starik@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s definitely from the south, and low earth orbit is really low. It’s like putting your eye right up to a baseball, almost touching it.

    See where the ISS orbits, to scale, here: Image

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