The previous post argued that the influence of the air is less severe looking straight down. If we now go back to looking at an angle, we are back to square one, the problem of distortion due to the amount of air between the observer and the observed.
Look at this image that is probably from a spy satellite. It's almost at 45 degree angle. https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/29634/trump-tweets-int...