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[Wandering Sagebrush]

Longest straight line over water, without hitting land.

http://www.techtimes.com/articles/226599/20180501/what-s-the-longest-straight-path-on-earth-you-can-take-without-hitting-land.htm

 

[PaulT]

At first blush, I’d say that may be the longest great circle distance rather than longest straight line.

Paul

 

[MarkBC]

That's cool.

 

[JDeanP]

I had some trouble viewing the video on that page. Here's another simple video that shows the line. Pretty wild to see it on a globe vs a map.

 

[Advmoto18]

Very cool.
Thanks for sharing Steve.

Great Circle routes are shorter than a straight line routes 99.99% of the time. Why we fly polar routes between US and Asia or to Europe.