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by sadga 4988 days ago
Are these photos artificially curved / lens-angled (perhaps intentionally deceptive?), making the Earth appear more curved and the altitude appear higher than it would to a human observer at the camera's position?

http://www.extremetech.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/felix- baumgartner-jumps-from-red-bull-stratos-balloon-640x353.jpg