Something that always confused me was the distance between two points from high above. Suppose you are on a platform 500 miles above the earth, if you take 1 step, wouldn't it be equivalent to miles in distance on land? Whereas if you were on land and take one step, it is only the distance of one step. (2.5-3ft? maybe).
My question is probably similiar to that of missiles/meteors/spaceships and their trajectory for earth. Calculating this sort of thing seems mind boggling. As you move away, everything appears to move to a central point, (shortens) and as you move close, it appears to spread out (lengthens) from that central point. How does science/physics explain it? What's your opinion on this phenomenon?
2006-06-09
19:47:04
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phishycoding
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