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		jsmcgd on July 25, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How big is the entire universe? The visible curve of the Earth is due to atmospheric distortion? What? Surely not. Surely the curve you see is the horizon of your view?

manoDev on July 25, 2012 [–]

I believe the author is stretching it. In the iceberg photo case, that's just barrel distortion from the camera lens.

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