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2024-02-19 08:21:52 UTC - SOMEWHAT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 2863CB26197BE6531859C849D3A5EFE3FF3271C91986E1200403DAA5D0428BF4
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The above photo is not an official NASA photo and it was not taken at 100,000 feet. It was released by private company World View, taken at 120,000 feet with a fisheye lens. https://www.space.com/26531-world-view-balloon-test-flight-video.html One cannot compare the degree of curvature in different photos without accounting for lens distortion.
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