repost from a tiny FE board: the Chicago skyline 'shouldn't be visible' over the lake

Grabbed this from a forum with like 40 active users, putting it here so it survives. OP claimed the Chicago skyline being photographed from the Michigan shoreline (Grand Mendon / St. Joseph area, ~57 miles across Lake Michigan) PROVES no curvature, because by the 8-inch-per-mile-squared math the who……