File:Great-circle distance vs straight line distance.svg

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Description	English: A diagram illustrating great-circle distance (drawn in cyan) and the straight-line distance (drawn in red) between two points on a sphere, P and Q. Two antipodal points, u and v, are also depicted.
Date	24 August 2022
Source	Own work based on File:Illustration of great-circle distance.svg by CheCheDaWaff
Author	platypeanArchcow

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