Submitted by CallousBastard t3_yho6od in boston
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whyenn t1_iufd2kw wrote
residentraspberri t1_iufghtg wrote
Curvature?
ciavs t1_iufjfca wrote
Oh right I mean the earth is flat after all.
residentraspberri t1_iufn20c wrote
Bingo!
(I don't know what else to say, I swear I'm not a flat earther!)
whyenn t1_iufqscq wrote
transientavian t1_iug4974 wrote
Lion turtles! Once when I had to go outside 495 one even gave me the power of water bending to keep me safe in the spirit wilds!
Inc0nel t1_iuhb1bl wrote
It’s turtles all the way down
finnalloveragain t1_iugqlcm wrote
There should be a crow icon on Google maps next to the car, person, train and bike.
thisisausername190 t1_iui6ivk wrote
You can right click (desktop) or long press (mobile) and select "Measure Distance" to get distance as the crow flies :)
puffleg t1_iufmi8i wrote
It's cool you can see it from there! Half the time the weather or air block the view even from Swampscott or Nahant.
CallousBastard OP t1_iuft1g5 wrote
It was exceptionally clear today, could see the White Mountains too.
sonicNH t1_iugjqbs wrote
Where's that photo? 😁
invisiblelemur88 t1_iugsnbi wrote
Did you know beforehand you'd be able to get this shot today? Would love to give it a try, but I'm not sure what conditions to look for before attempting.
CallousBastard OP t1_iuhfhwt wrote
I suspected I might be able to but wasn't certain. It's never very obvious so you have to look at the horizon in the right direction and squint a little.
teddyone t1_iugipfs wrote
There’s nothing like getting your nads nocked
AchillesDev t1_iug3i7y wrote
I used to work near the top of the old exchange building (53 state) and we could see it from our office on a clear day as well.
FMonk t1_iuforvz wrote
What kind of camera did you use? Was up there yesterday and only had my phone, so I couldn't get a picture to turn out. Was clearly visible with the naked eye though
CallousBastard OP t1_iufswvv wrote
I took this with the 10× zoom lens on my S22 Ultra, and then digitally zoomed in some more.
Doza13 t1_iug5tyb wrote
That's amazing. Crazy clear day
NotARobotDefACyborg t1_iugjqo8 wrote
Dang. Great shot!
ovra360 t1_iui2mcg wrote
This may be a dumb question, but why does it look like there are two groups of tall buildings with a gap in between? Which neighborhoods are we seeing?
thaencyder t1_iui3t6b wrote
You’re looking at the back bay neighborhood in between.
Master_Dogs t1_iuicd4i wrote
Downtown and Back Bay are what we're seeing. The gap is probably the rows of historic brownstones in between and the Common. This is due to air rights above the turnpike making it particularly attractive for developers to build large buildings in the Back Bay area.
guinader t1_iugtctp wrote
You can see Boston from there? I never knew!
PlaguesAngel t1_iuh9sg9 wrote
Roughly speaking, because of the curvature of the earth standing at ground level, with perfect viewing conditions the average person can see the horizon as just about 3 miles.
Adding some height to your vantage point, 20 feet is about 6 miles. 70 feet is 11 miles. 400 feet is 26 miles. So being on a mountain that’s about 3000ft tall gives a sightline of 72 miles.
Boston is about 75 miles from the mountain so you can’t see any ground structures at all. The height of the taller buildings probably somewhere after the 6-8 floor or so is what’s being seen.
As a small edit: after driving into work today through downtown; I’d say the skyline we see this picture is more like building over 12 floors tall & up.
Bathclouds t1_iuio8sj wrote
Rumor had it in WW2 Nazis would climb to the top to report on ships coming and going in Boston.
1959Gibson t1_iuj78o4 wrote
Is you on that flimsy fire tower ?
PEEPS_IN_MY t1_iuetaxn wrote
That’s about 55 miles away as the crow flies.