[Source for the Art](The source for the art: https://twitter.com/konwashi_2/status/1849000087248376017?s=46)

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[–] 1 point 2 years ago

But actually, if you had no gravity acting to change the velocity vector, the bullet would continue in a straight line. If you shot at the horizon it would be like drawing a straight line tangent to a circle. The bullet's not going to end up going in the shooters azimuthal direction, but it sure is going to gain altitude as the curvature of the body peels down way away from the straight line it's flying,

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