>>15632370it still does refract though, less than visible wavelengths sure but there's still an effect and especially under the kinds of extreme refractive conditions (temperate inversions, high humidity etc) which enables similar images to be taken by normal cameras.
see picrel and go here
http://walter.bislins.ch/bloge/index.asp?page=Advanced+Earth+Curvature+CalculatorWith the kind of refraction present on days where these unusually long distance photos are taken its quite possible to get the kind of view seen in your image.
