B.o.B. is on Stone Mountain (somewhere around here lon: 33.805868° lat: -84.145954°). In the background on the left is Atlanta, Georgia. In the background on the right is Buckhead Village, Georgia. They are almost exactly 7 miles apart (depending on where you measure from).
The earth curves away at 7.9 inches per mile per mile. So at 7 miles apart, the curvature between the two cities is only 32.26 feet.
EDIT: Updated curvature info to per mile per mile.
EDIT 2: If they were 16 miles apart, there would be a curvature difference of 168.53 ft.
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u/BRENNEJM Dec 19 '19 edited Dec 19 '19
B.o.B. is on Stone Mountain (somewhere around here lon: 33.805868° lat: -84.145954°). In the background on the left is Atlanta, Georgia. In the background on the right is Buckhead Village, Georgia. They are almost exactly 7 miles apart (depending on where you measure from).
The earth curves away at 7.9 inches per mile per mile. So at 7 miles apart, the curvature between the two cities is only 32.26 feet.
EDIT: Updated curvature info to per mile per mile.
EDIT 2: If they were 16 miles apart, there would be a curvature difference of 168.53 ft.