FLAT EARTH - You Have a Limited Field of View on a Flat Surface Too!

Here is drone footage going straight up at sunset from New Buffalo, MI looking 45 miles across to Chicago, IL. Yes, even on a flat surface you have a limited field of view. Some would argue that is the “curve“ but it is actually just your limited field of view. On a flat surface, the higher you go, the further you’ll see. We can also notice the effect of refraction bending buildings DOWN not UP! An important thing to note when you’re looking much further. If this doesn’t satisfy anyone’s curiosity, I think we should take a helicopter straight up with an infrared camera on a gimbal and do this same experiment, except go up 15,000 ft instead.
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