Just read somewhere that the shortest path between two locations is an arc and not a straight line! eli5 how an arc is the shortest path for planes.
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It’s an arc on a 2D map because those maps distort the path. The earth is a sphere, there is no way to make a 2D picture of it that has no oddities.
On a globe it’s always a straight line when viewed from directly above.
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