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Subject: [Leica] See, the Earth Really is Round...
From: r.s.taylor at comcast.net (Richard Taylor)
Date: Fri Sep 21 17:56:28 2007
References: <C6EA115F-DC14-4C3D-80F4-614218657E9B@comcast.net> <012001c7fc89$fbc4db50$0202a8c0@MacPhisto> <46F42490.3000004@numericable.fr>

Absolutely!  "Here there be Dragons!" as it said on many old charts.

Regards,

Dick



On Sep 21, 2007, at 4:07 PM, Philippe Amard wrote:

> "Mind the Gap"  would also go for the London issue.
> Phil...x
>
>
> Christopher Williams wrote:
>
>> Title could be "Kraken eats ships at the ends of the Earth"
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Taylor"  
>> <r.s.taylor@comcast.net>
>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
>> Sent: Friday, September 21, 2007 11:11 AM
>> Subject: [Leica] See, the Earth Really is Round...
>>
>>
>>> ... and you can even see it on smallish bodies of water, in this   
>>> case, Buzzards Bay on Cape Cod.  The boat to the left is just on  
>>> the  horizon, the one on the right about a mile beyond.  The  
>>> horizon in  this shot is about 2 miles away.  Makes you wonder  
>>> why any of the  ancients thought it could possibly be flat.
>>>
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/SAILING/ 
>>> IMGP7328.jpg.html
>>> http://tinyurl.com/23yhhm
>>>
>>> Very tight crop K10D, 200 mm Pentax-M lens, ISO 400, approx.   
>>> f8.0@1/2000th.  This crop is probably the equivalent of a 2000 mm  
>>> 35  mm lens.
>>>
>>> Comments welcome.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Dick
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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