"Christian Froeschlin" <chr### [at] chrfrde> wrote in message 
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> Tek wrote:
>
>> After a bit of googling I found this image:
>> http://coastalchange.ucsd.edu/images/refraction2.jpg
>
> but that is rather a "closeup" with at most a few kilometers
> field of view. Your image seems to have a curved horizon which
> indicates a scale at least two magnitudes higher (although it's
> a bit difficult to tell as only a short section is visible).

As I said, the scale is rather inconsistent. The waves, buildings, and roads 
are on a scale that's roughly consistent with each other, but the planet's 
radius is much too small by comparison.

-- 
Tek
http://evilsuperbrain.com

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