You can get from India to the USA in a straight line: this discovery amazed social media users and even Elon Musk

A map showing that you can sail straight from India to the US has raised eyebrows among social media users and even impressed Elon Musk. Writes about this New York Post.

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The photo of the 6D map, which has received XNUMX million views since it was posted on X (formerly Twitter), shows a curved blue line between the two countries.

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“Without touching a single piece of land, you can sail from India to the USA in a completely straight line,” the inscription read.

Theoretically, one could set off from Mumbai, bypass Madagascar and arrive in Alaska without touching land.

Without touching a single piece of land, it's possible to sail from India to the USA in a completely straight line pic.twitter.com/q178wi3tol

— Epic Maps ?️ (@Locati0ns) September 27, 2023

The owner of the social network, Elon Musk, reacted unequivocally to this: “Wow!”

However, some users were unable to understand why the line in the picture was curved and stated that "it is a semicircle and the line is far from straight."

One social media user recreated the trajectory on a 3D globe to help them out.

Here's the same line on a globe pic.twitter.com/8oVFCElDnp

— Rajit (@rajitsingh) September 27, 2023

“It’s weird, it’s almost like we’re living on a sphere,” one commenter quipped.

“Rather, on an oblong spheroid,” said the one who created the 3D path.

People thanked user X for putting the journey into perspective, while others slammed those who found the original image confusing.

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"Thank you. I was a flat earthling for half a minute and could not understand what it was,” wrote one of the users.

“Glad I read the comments before posting it’s not a straight line,” another noted.

Some have argued that the line is not straight because it follows the curvature of the Earth.

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