Comment on Longest Straight Line Paths on Water or Land on the Earth (2018)parentComments−pdpi13dDoes it help to point out that the water path looks suspiciously like the day/night line on a map?Like this: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5477/−newtwentysix12dyes!! why is that ? :)−yorwba12dThe day/light line is a great circle. The "straight line paths" are great-circle segments.
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Does it help to point out that the water path looks suspiciously like the day/night line on a map?
Like this: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5477/
yes!! why is that ? :)
The day/light line is a great circle. The "straight line paths" are great-circle segments.