← Back to context Comment by comrade1234 1 day ago I opened Apple Maps in globe mode and I still have trouble visualizing the water path. 5 comments comrade1234 Reply pdpi 1 day 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 20 hours ago yes!! why is that ? :) yorwba 20 hours ago The day/light line is a great circle. The "straight line paths" are great-circle segments. srean 20 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 20 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 1 day 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 20 hours ago yes!! why is that ? :) yorwba 20 hours ago The day/light line is a great circle. The "straight line paths" are great-circle segments.
newtwentysix 20 hours ago yes!! why is that ? :) yorwba 20 hours ago The day/light line is a great circle. The "straight line paths" are great-circle segments.
yorwba 20 hours ago The day/light line is a great circle. The "straight line paths" are great-circle segments.
srean 20 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 20 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.