← Back to context Comment by comrade1234 20 hours ago I opened Apple Maps in globe mode and I still have trouble visualizing the water path. 5 comments comrade1234 Reply pdpi 19 hours ago 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/ newtwentysix 17 hours ago yes!! why is that ? :) yorwba 17 hours ago The day/light line is a great circle. The "straight line paths" are great-circle segments. srean 17 hours ago It's going South and then trying to close the loop from behind. It gets interrupted by land before the loop closes.Hope it makes sense. turbocon 17 hours ago Open the linked paper and scroll down, they have images of the path on a globe as well as the flat map view.
pdpi 19 hours ago 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/ newtwentysix 17 hours ago yes!! why is that ? :) yorwba 17 hours ago The day/light line is a great circle. The "straight line paths" are great-circle segments.
newtwentysix 17 hours ago yes!! why is that ? :) yorwba 17 hours ago The day/light line is a great circle. The "straight line paths" are great-circle segments.
yorwba 17 hours ago The day/light line is a great circle. The "straight line paths" are great-circle segments.
srean 17 hours ago It's going South and then trying to close the loop from behind. It gets interrupted by land before the loop closes.Hope it makes sense.
turbocon 17 hours ago Open the linked paper and scroll down, they have images of the path on a globe as well as the flat map view.
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.
It's going South and then trying to close the loop from behind. It gets interrupted by land before the loop closes.
Hope it makes sense.
Open the linked paper and scroll down, they have images of the path on a globe as well as the flat map view.