Turning Torso (190m tall) - seen from 25km

Uploaded March 2016 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

In this video I zoom in on the building Turning Torso (190m/623ft) from several different distances 25km/15.5mi to 47.9km/29.7mi. In the end at the distance of 47.9km/29.7mi I change the height from 2.1m/7ft to 16m 54ft (correction 17.6m/58ft).
Side by side comparison and measurements of the visible/obscured part: https://flic.kr/p/R2q2fd
Comparison of my observations with what should be expected on a sphere with the radius 6371km/3959miles can be seen here: https://flic.kr/p/EseKVJ
Turning Torso, height: https://flic.kr/p/2f28vnT

The footage were all taken on the 26th of february 2016 with a Canon Powershot SX60 HS (21 - 1365mm)
In each shot the location is shown with lat/lon GPS coordinates on my phone (the first at 0:25) the area of observation is between Denmark and Sweden https://www.google.dk/maps/@55.7668432,12.7601456,10.27z
Weather data: https://flic.kr/p/25bRiUM
I have no wave data for the day of observation, but the waves are usually very small. Here is shown wave height and wind data for a different days for comparison: https://flic.kr/p/S2VYXT , https://flic.kr/p/2fJhDyQ

The image of Turning Torso in the beginning of the video is taken from tourism-spot.com/extreme-engineering-turning-torso-sweden/turning-torso-highest-building-of-sweden-lab3-se

Observer heights:
25km/15.5mi - 3.7m/12.1ft
28.4km/17.6mi - 2.9m/9.5ft
34.7km/21.6mi - 2.9m/9.5ft
40.3km/25mi - 2.4m/7.9ft
45.1km/28mi - 2.7m/8.9ft
47.9km/29.8mi - 2.1m/6.9ft
47.9km/29.8mi - 17.6m/57.7ft

Link to tidal table: https://www.dmi.dk/fileadmin/user_upload/vandstand_txt_pdf/2016/Koebenhavn2016.pdf

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#TurningTorsoFlatEarth

Turning Torso (190m tall) - seen from 25km - 50km

Fishing boat coming into view over the horizon

Is water always level, not bending and dont stick to other objects?

$Measuring 8in per mile squared on Turning Torso, using a theodolite 8 in per mile squared is the allegedly drop of a horizontal line, on the globe model of the Earth. In this video I will show if I using a theodolite can measure this drop. The first part of the video deals with finding first hand accurate height measurements for the observation point and for Turning Torso, the result can be seen at 11:50 Table of contents: Height of observation point, 1:08 Ground height at Turning Torso, 2:43 Height and dimensions of Turning Torso, 3:55 Calculations of drop on a globe Earth, 7:27 Calculations of refraction on a globe Earth, 7:50 Theodolite observation, 8:36 Error of measurement, 11:15 Result, 11:50 As you might notice this footage was recorded in windy conditions which caused the theodolite to move a little bit up and down. It would have been better to do the observation in less windy weather, but the visibility this day was exceptional clear, and most other days it will not be this clear. So I favored clear bouncy footage over blurry still footage. The preferred way to measure with a theodolite is to do several observations turning the theodolite 180 degrees to minimize errors. But since I thought the error from the wind would be larger I chose not to, and also to simplify the observation for a later video. Looking back, I should properly have done more observations, since the uncertainty of intersection caused by the wind, could be averaged to minimize the error. When measuring with a theodolite it is also important to have it calibrated on a regular basis. Since I just bought this theodolite and it had been stored away for some time, it properly has not been calibrated for a long time. I should have followed the prescribed method for calibrating the theodolite before using it, but I didn’t. Testing the theodolite afterwards I can see it has a small error, and also since it does not have an electronic angle reader there is also a small error from how precise I can position the telescope. From my testing this might lead to an error as large as 8m/26ft when used over a distance of 29.14km/18.11mi. Using a well calibrated professional electronic theodolite will likely reduce this possible error significant. When I combined the estimated error of measurements I used a loose simple summation, and not the proper scientific way in order to keep the video as simple as possible. Theodolite model: Geo-Fennel FET 500 Link to manual for the theodolite: http://www.geo-fennel.de/uploads/tx_produkte/FET_500.pdf The observation with the thodolite was done on the 27th of October 2017. Altimeter measurements were done from March to August 2017. Weather conditions from https://www.dmi.dk/vejr/arkiver/vejrarkiv/: Highest temperature of the day: 11 °C Average temperature of the day: 10 °C Lowest temperature of the day: 7 °C Humidity: 86 % Air pressure: 1015 hPa Highest wind speed: 17 m/s Highest wind speed, average 10 min: 13 m/s Direct sunshine: 2 hours #TurningTorsoFlatEarth$

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Ships, in front and on and beyond the horizon

Is the horizon above, at or below eye level? (altimeter and LiDAR)

$Extreme variable refraction on Turning Torso$ $Ferry from Bornholmslinjen behind horizon, 30x stabilized, March 19th 2019 A 30x speed and stabilized version of my 2nd recording of a ferry disappearing bottom up while sailing away. The original footage can be seen here https://youtu.be/CkWaQrtGcjk Date of footage: 19th March 2019 Ferry: https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:155510/mmsi:219017081/imo:9501590/vessel:EXPRESS_1 https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Express_1 The ferry is sailing between Rønne and Ystad, https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/centerx:14.4/centery:55.2/zoom:9 On a different day (19th of March) I used an app to get the position of the ferry. I made a collage with all the needed data to calculate amount obstructed here https://flic.kr/p/2dVCxfR Ferry height estimated based on photographs: 24m Observer height: 4.05m Distance: 21.6km Amount hidden geometrical on globe Earth: 16.3m Amount hidden including std. refraction on globe Earth: 12.9m Amount hidden observed: ~13.3m$