See off-topic.

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scott wrote:
> See off-topic.

The white trail is almost right above the head of the observer, making its 
appearance almost vertical in the image, meaning that it would look straight 
no matter how much curved it was (well almost).

Putting the curved white line on the other side of the straight red one (or 
maybe just at the same location) would make for a better comparison - though 
the result might very well be that it still looks straight.

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Rune wrote:
> scott wrote:
>> See off-topic.
>
> The white trail is almost right above the head of the observer,
> making its appearance almost vertical in the image, meaning that it
> would look straight no matter how much curved it was (well almost).
>
> Putting the curved white line on the other side of the straight red
> one (or maybe just at the same location) would make for a better
> comparison - though the result might very well be that it still looks
> straight.
>
> Rune

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And lo on Fri, 22 Apr 2005 11:32:47 +0100, scott <sco### [at] spamcom> did  
spake, saying:

fun mod of my own using distinct spheres, each sphere is the same height  
 from the surface with the yellow spheres arc length being the same  
distance as the straight line between the red spheres. Just to show the  
obvious differences in distance vs time for straight vs curved paths.

EarthRadius=6378.1; //km
FlightHeight=16; //km
PersonHeight=(1.8/1000);//km

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