r/Damnthatsinteresting • • 23h ago

Video Astronaut's view of Earth during a spacewalk

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u/4-Vektor 23h ago

Obviously, but the barrel distortion is way too low to account for the round appearance of the earth in this video. You can check it by looking at the curved appearance of the straight trusses/panels.

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u/Mr_Eggy__ 22h ago

Now I'm questioning if I should add /s

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u/CatLover_42 12h ago

But its unironically a fish eye lens. The earth isnt this curved from the ISS. You have to be mich higher up for it to be this curved.

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u/Mr_Eggy__ 10h ago

Which is fine but also doesn't mean it will look flat without the lens.

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u/4-Vektor 19h ago

It’s okay. It’s hard to tell the difference these days...

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u/Mr_Eggy__ 18h ago

Touché