Skylines From Far Far Away Thread

[JManc]

Originally Posted by MolsonExport

tila tequila. yes, she is that stupid/crazy

[TexasPlaya]

Originally Posted by Reverberation

Houston:

That's a nice angle.

[chris08876]

NYC from Parsippany NJ @ about 32 miles or so.



Credit: https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7524/...4c3d50cf_b.jpg


A big one, but Atlanta at 74 miles away. Almost looks Martian like. Eerie.


Credit: http://imgur.com/Mmk0ieN

[Docta_Love]

Downtown Detroit & a lil bit o' Windsor from malden park in Windsor.



Credit http://thecityofchampions.org/wp-con...c55bc7ef_b.jpg

[M II A II R II K]

https://www.flickr.com/photos/lucavezzoni/6792342989

Milan







https://www.flickr.com/photos/paulcowell/5945674077

Singapore

[MolsonExport]

kewel

[WonderlandPark2]

Downtown LA from Mt. Wilson. Wilshire Grand is U/C not topped out yet. Need to get an updated one of these pics when we get clear skies.

[chris08876]

Here you go... skylines as viewed from Mars.

And Mars is typically 141 million miles away. Meanwhile, the diameter, and note the diameter of the universe (not including volume) is 5.5×10^23 miles.

Point being, we are nothing really. For some deep analysis, check out or type "drake equation".


Credit: RandRead

[M II A II R II K]

I guess you'll post pale blue dot next.

[cesar90]

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[chris08876]

Boston:


View from Great Blue Observation Tower by Dana Smith, on Flickr

[M II A II R II K]

https://www.flickr.com/photos/mr3wan/2397172867

Houston







https://www.flickr.com/photos/chinca666/5582401947

Madrid

[bobdreamz]

https://www.flickr.com/photos/56275015@N06/12507908014

^ Photo taken in January 2014.
Missing are some skyscrapers over 500+ feet | 152+ meters tall that have been completed , topped off or still under construction since then including the new tallest Panorama tower, Echo Brickell, 1000 Museum among others.


http://www.skyscrapercenter.com/comp...t=Show+Results

[chris08876]

^^^^^

That's a excellent shot. I remember taking a cruise out of Fort Lauderdale 3 years ago, and for a good two hours or so, traveling down the peninsula, it was a silhouette of towers in the horizon. Usually I'll take them out of Bayonne (been on 17 cruises in my life), but F.Lauderdale offers some nice skyline gazing opportunities when headed to the Caribbean. S.Florida's coast is one giant skyline. Probably the longest in the nation in terms of sheer mileage.

Although taking it out of Bayonne, going underneath the Verrazano is epic.

[xzmattzx]

Toronto from Lakeside Park, Port Dalhousie neighborhood, St. Catharines

Taken with a point-and-click with no tripod

[xzmattzx]

Wilmington from One Liberty Place observation deck, Philadelphia

Taken with a point-and-click.

[Just-In-Cali]

Nice shots on here!

[Austinlee]

Originally Posted by MolsonExport

tila tequila. yes, she is that stupid/crazy

I am thinking and thinking about this and I believe.... She might be slightly correct. If skyscrapers were about 62 miles high and reached suborbital space then from the ground a skyscraper might appear to be curved as it got closer and closer to the top.

[Hudson11]

something something earth isn't flat.


Manhattan Skyline by caboose_rodeo, on Flickr

[Spotila]

You know I love this stuff....

I'm working on a website that specifically tackles this topic (skylines from far away, and mountains also).
The site isn't finished, but is functional enough to be useful to this topic .

TheViewShed
(filtered by confirmed skyline shots only)

Have a play with the filters etc, images missing is normal, working through these sorts of things now.