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Flight route from San Francisco to Dubai. Two maps, two perspectives. (i.postimg.cc)

submitted 2 weeks ago by Blaze@lemmy.zip to c/map_enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz

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[–] Skua@kbin.earth 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It's avoiding the Ural mountains. Even straightening out that curve on the southward leg of the route would still only pass over the Caspian sea, which is still quite far from Ukraine

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[–] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 weeks ago

I thought that it could be mountains, but I couldn’t seen any on the map.

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