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DaveP, you wrote:
"That's very naughty of you Frank, taking the photograph through a mirror."

Yes, you spotted it. I was hopiing someone who lives in (or just outside) the area prominently displayed in the photo would notice. It's not just a rotation. It's a mirror-image, which makes it seem so odd. I imagine the video editor chose the mirrored view for simple aesthetic appeal. It did no harm by that measure.

I should describe how I noticed this. I was casually watching the video, enjoying the "pretty Earth" views while listening to the story... Then this view popped up and disappeared after five seconds, and I said (not quite aloud) "wait a minute... that looked familiar... but not..." So I stepped back and within ten seconds, the coastline jumped out at me as the Netherlands, especially those familiar shapes in Zeeland. And yes, after a few more seconds, there's "The Wash" in England in the foreground. But that recognition was "uncomfortable". Something is wrong here! And then it dawned on me: it's been mirrored. That last little bit... the uncomfortable feeling... that's interesting. Millions of years of evolution with all manner of rotations and changes in perspective internalized, but high-fidelity mirroring is very new in history, and it is strange, vaguely unsettling, to see it.

I'm attaching a view de-mirrored and zoomed-in on the further coast for anyone who's still puzzling over this. I've labeled a few key features.

Frank Reed

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