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Yeah, otherwise part of the world would be lit up from the sun. Besides, if it were all taken as one picture, that would make the world flat. ... which is another myth, by the wayTsiangkun wrote:That's a myth,
All of the night globe is captured during the night, and stitched together to make the whole map . . .right ?
How would you photograph both sides of a sphere at the same time . . .
it's actually donut-shaped
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Obviously it's a series of photos 'stitched' together. But does that make it any less real?Tsiangkun wrote:That's a myth,
All of the night globe is captured during the night, and stitched together to make the whole map . . .right ?
How would you photograph both sides of a sphere at the same time . . .
It's like the 3 blind men and the Elephant... the photo shows the whole elephant, not just different parts.
(And no, I'm not saying the Earth is an elephant
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