It should be noted you can see the curvature of the earth in the photo.
As I understand it, that was one of the perks of the Concorde in that in flew so high that the passengers could see this as well.
As I understand it, that was one of the perks of the Concorde in that in flew so high that the passengers could see this as well.
https://opg.optica.org/ao/abstract.cfm?uri=ao-47-34-H39
Another trick you can do: take this Concorde photo and use the rules of geometry to draw the rest of the circle, and look how small an Earth you’ve drawn.