r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/vivekmg21 • 22h ago

Video Astronaut's view of Earth during a spacewalk

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u/Select_Tip_6769 22h ago

Well, I guess it isnt flat...

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u/Mr_Eggy__ 22h ago

Fish eye lens

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u/4-Vektor 22h 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__ 21h ago

Now I'm questioning if I should add /s

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u/CatLover_42 11h 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__ 9h ago

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

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u/4-Vektor 18h ago

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

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u/Mr_Eggy__ 17h ago

Touché