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Flight route from San Francisco to Dubai. Two maps, two perspectives. (i.postimg.cc)
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[–] Skua@kbin.earth 9 points 10 months 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

[–] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 1 points 10 months ago

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