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To: magellan; SlowBoat407; Charles Martel; Old Student

According the the photograph and its published data,
I deduce that the centerline of the view is upwards at about 18 degrees.

One can also see that the lengthwise dimension of the flag subtends an angle of about 1.5 times that of the Saturn/Apollo rocket.

These data constrain the relationship of the height of the flag to its length.

I calculate that the flag’s height in the air must be about 25.6 times its length. Thus if the flag were, say, six feet long, it would have to be 154 or so feet in the air.
If it were not that high, it would have to be closer and proportionally smaller; for instance, a two-foot flag 51 feet in the air.

A little odd, but not impossible. Perhaps less odd if my estimates of distances and angles are off, in the right directions.


375 posted on 06/13/2007 11:56:08 AM PDT by Erasmus (My simplifying explanation had the annoyng side effect of making the subject hopelessly complex.)
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To: Erasmus

So if the flag were on top of a 12-story building (or thereabouts) taken at a great distance, on might get that view... if one knew exactly what they were looking for.


379 posted on 06/13/2007 2:47:38 PM PDT by SlowBoat407 (It's never a good time to get sucked into an evil vortex.)
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