The Size of Earth from Seven Miles Up
While on a vacation flight from Hawaii to California, I observed sunset occurring on clouds far below. The view triggered a vague memory about a fun article 1 published more than three decades earlier on the topic of “Doubling Your Sunsets.” Simple observations from my flight made it possible to com...
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| description | While on a vacation flight from Hawaii to California, I observed sunset occurring on clouds far below. The view triggered a vague memory about a fun article
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published more than three decades earlier on the topic of “Doubling Your Sunsets.” Simple observations from my flight made it possible to compute the Earth's radius. |
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