# Long Distance photo of New York from 1950s proves the Earth curves up. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 12, 2014, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-distance-photo-of-new-york-from-1950s-proves-the-earth-curves-up/685930 "2014-04-12T10:53:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![karol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/977dab/32.png) [@karol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/karol)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2014, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-distance-photo-of-new-york-from-1950s-proves-the-earth-curves-up/685930/21 "2014-04-12T13:49:48Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > :smack: > > There’s nothing left to say. Enjoy your insane fantasy. 😃 ha… I think you missed post number 17. ---
**Author:** ![karol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/977dab/32.png) [@karol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/karol)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2014, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-distance-photo-of-new-york-from-1950s-proves-the-earth-curves-up/685930/22 "2014-04-12T13:52:47Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > My proof that the earth is round: Michael Palin. Your argument is invalid. It is round and you are lazy. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2014, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-distance-photo-of-new-york-from-1950s-proves-the-earth-curves-up/685930/23 "2014-04-12T13:55:36Z")
The part I don’t get is, it’s not even a matter of one photograph vs. thousands. The one photograph the OP shows doesn’t even show the ground curving upwards, either. ---
**Author:** ![karol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/977dab/32.png) [@karol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/karol)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2014, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-distance-photo-of-new-york-from-1950s-proves-the-earth-curves-up/685930/24 "2014-04-12T13:57:23Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > The part I don’t get is, it’s not even a matter of one photograph vs. thousands. The one photograph the OP shows doesn’t even show the ground curving upwards, either. Yes, you don’t get it. It curves in front of you. Got it now ? You see the result, buildings and parts of land you should not see at all. Read post 13. Also see this: [http://www.wildheretic.com/concave-earth-theory/](http://www.wildheretic.com/concave-earth-theory/) ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2014, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-distance-photo-of-new-york-from-1950s-proves-the-earth-curves-up/685930/25 "2014-04-12T14:07:15Z")
A little (well, a lot) of clarification is needed. What’s the underlying premise here? That this single photo somehow demonstrates fundamentals errors in physics? That’s quite a lot of weight to be carried on the back of a grainy JPEG. I’m way too busy to spend a lit of time on this, but I’d appreciate of the OP could expand on this: > [@](#): > > [1] The camera is at the beach of Atlantic Highlands about 1m (39 in.) above ground level. > > [2] The camera, as well as the telescope is directed upwards, which shows that the photo was not taken from any elevated point, and that any objects behind the horizon must be situated higher. If you are basing this on the illustration at the top of the page, as seems to be the case, how do you know that the image accurately represents the actual position of the camera and objective at the time the image of Manhattan was made? There is nothing in the article that confirms this was the case. Meanwhile, later today, I’ll be on an Air France flight to Paris. I’ll be sure to remind the pilot that the horizon is an optical illusion, that he’s wasting fuel by taking a curved route from IAH to CDG, and that he should just go straight there instead. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2014, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-distance-photo-of-new-york-from-1950s-proves-the-earth-curves-up/685930/26 "2014-04-12T14:08:30Z")
**karol** , if you want to debate stuff, start a thread in Great Debates. I’m hereby declaring MPSIMS off-limits to you for these threads. **twickster** , MPSIMS moderator ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2014, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-distance-photo-of-new-york-from-1950s-proves-the-earth-curves-up/685930/27 "2014-04-27T18:01:34Z")
twickster: Jonathan Chance and I have a little list–and you are now on it. > **[Is this scheme the proper explanation of why the upper part of the moon is...](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=721977)** > > Here’s a scheme made by one of reddit users to explain why the upper left part of the moon is illuminated even though the sun is visibly lower above the horizon than the moon. Concerns this video:... [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-distance-photo-of-new-york-from-1950s-proves-the-earth-curves-up/685930.md?page=1)