This doesn't seem right. The distance from the Prudential to Long Point would be 51 miles. This would obscure 1,481 feet of height (assuming the person is about 10 feet of above the water on the boat). The Prudential is only 750 feet to the roof (920 to the top of the antenna). Looking at the pic, it looks like about 1/5th of the building is visible so we can estimate that only 150 feet is visible and 600 feet obscured. This means that the photo would have to have been taken at a distance of around 33-35 miles depending on how high above the water they are. 10 feet for a small fishing boat. 15-20 feet for a large one.
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This doesn't seem right. The distance from the Prudential to Long Point would be 51 miles. This would obscure 1,481 feet of height (assuming the person is about 10 feet of above the water on the boat). The Prudential is only 750 feet to the roof (920 to the top of the antenna). Looking at the pic, it looks like about 1/5th of the building is visible so we can estimate that only 150 feet is visible and 600 feet obscured. This means that the photo would have to have been taken at a distance of around 33-35 miles depending on how high above the water they are. 10 feet for a small fishing boat. 15-20 feet for a large one.