Two Skylines In One Shot???? - Page 7

ChiSoxRox · #1 Posted **Jul 3, 2012, 12:49 AM**

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Originally Posted by LosAngelesSportsFan

You think it would be possible to Get LA, Long Beach and SD in one shot?

That one would have at least two factors making it a more difficult shot than even New York-Philadelphia:

1. Downtown Los Angeles and Downtown San Diego are 110 miles apart, so the curvature of the Earth would be significantly sharper than New York-Philly. However, if Clevelumbus could see Boston and New York at the same time, that's a similar straight line distance.

2. Mountains could block the view, especially with how rugged northern San Diego County is. Thus, a clear picture would likely have to be off over the ocean, and be angled so that the rugged terrain around La Jolla isn't in the way. Unfortunately, La Jolla sticks out right in the line of sight.

Unity77 · #2 Posted **Jul 3, 2012, 2:41 AM**

St. Paul and Minneapolis

Photo: Punchup

KevinFromTexas · #3 Posted **Jul 3, 2012, 3:54 AM**

Going by that, you could probably see Austin and San Antonio's skylines from the air. Downtown to downtown they're only 80 miles apart, and the north side of San Antonio is 60 miles from the southern edge of Austin. Our metros are actually touching 40 miles from each city. Also San Antonio's suburban skylines are all on the northside of the city, so you might be able to see some of them.

Nice pic of the Twin Cities up there. That has to be one of the more impressive metros around.

Okayyou · #4 Posted **Jul 3, 2012, 4:56 AM**

Took this shot a few days ago. I find it interesting not because of the buildings in the skylines but because of the contrast between the two cities.

The city on the right is Dandong, China. Across the river on the left side of the image is the city of the Sinuiju, North Korea. It doesn't even have a skyline, most of the buildings are less than four stories. Two cities, two different histories, two different governments, only a river apart.

HurricaneHugo · #5 Posted **Jul 3, 2012, 10:40 PM**

Urbana · #6 Posted **Jul 4, 2012, 3:22 AM**

views of the LA Basin at night never cease to amaze me.

ChiSoxRox · #7 Posted **Jul 4, 2012, 3:29 AM**

Yeah, quite impressive. Although it's a shame about all that light pollution.

mello · #8 Posted **Jul 4, 2012, 7:14 AM**

Hugo: Nice job with the TJ and SD shot. Damn that pic is super zoomed in though. You can almost see all the houses on La Jolla 20+ miles away.

Dralcoffin: Very good knowledge of Southern California geography. I agree with you to try and get downtown San Diego and LA in one shot you would probably have to take a plane or hot air balloon out over the Ocean maybe 5 miles offshore of San Clemente (The halfway coastal point between the 2 downtowns) and do a crazy pano from 10,000 feet up lol. It could be possible on an extremely clear day but that is the only way you could do it.

I worked for a guy who does the hot air balloon rides east of Solana Beach/Del Mar and he said on a really clear day he took his friends up to 10,000 feet and he could clearly see the LA skyline. Crazy, I would have loved to have seen that

plinko · #9 Posted **Jul 4, 2012, 5:39 PM**

Cirrus is correct, it is certainly possible to see both Tampa and St. Pete from many locations around the bay. But the only place I found where you could see both in one shot (without panning) is from the south end of the Sunshine Skyway near Bradenton:

From that area, St. Pete is 13 miles away and Tampa is 26.

From the causeway to Clearwater, you can clearly see all of the built-up areas of the Bay as well. Here's Tampa, along with its Westshore skyline and the area near the convention center and the McDill peninsula:

Unfortunately my attempt at a pano from that spot did not come out and thus I don't have the angle of St. Pete from there.

mello · #10 Posted **Jul 4, 2012, 6:14 PM**

^^^ Good lord is Florida flat you can tell the curvature of the earth is making the buildings shorter in those shots. I love the beaches and bays but the flatness would get to me after a while if I had to move there being a California native.

Chef · #11 Posted **Jul 4, 2012, 6:16 PM**

I took this shot of St Paul and Minneapolis a few weeks ago.

stpjune201210 by afsmps, on Flickr

ChiSoxRox · #12 Posted **Jul 5, 2012, 12:45 AM**

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Originally Posted by mello

^^^ Good lord is Florida flat you can tell the curvature of the earth is making the buildings shorter in those shots. I love the beaches and bays but the flatness would get to me after a while if I had to move there being a California native.

The highest point on the entire Peninsula is Sugarloaf Mountain on the opposite side of Lake Apopka northwest of Orlando. Elevation: 310 feet.

AviationGuy · #13 Posted **Jul 5, 2012, 1:26 AM**

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Originally Posted by Dralcoffin

The highest point on the entire Peninsula is Sugarloaf Mountain on the opposite side of Lake Apopka northwest of Orlando. Elevation: 310 feet.

The area northwest of Orlando is actually pretty hilly. I couldn't believe my eyes first time I went through there. Some of the homes are up on hills with nice views.

steel · #14 Posted **Jul 6, 2012, 6:02 PM**