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Flat Earth Theory / The sundial problem
« on: July 09, 2021, 02:45:42 PM »
A post in another thread got me thinking about how shadows would move differently in the northern and southern hemiplanes. This made me think about sundials.
At the same latitude, a (RE) sundial from in the northern hemisphere will work exactly as the in the south. You must rotate it 180 and reverse the numbers but the timing and shadow angels and lengths will be identical. This is what we observe.
I drew up another one of my FE sketches (which I'm unable to upload for the moment) based on the sun's positions at 9AM and 3PM on the equinox and sundials positioned at 45 deg N and S. What you find is that the angle of the shadow on the sundial between those two times on a sundial is different, 148 deg. in the north and 84 deg. in the south.
I'm curious the zetetic explanation for why we observe that the sundials actually show the same angle.
At the same latitude, a (RE) sundial from in the northern hemisphere will work exactly as the in the south. You must rotate it 180 and reverse the numbers but the timing and shadow angels and lengths will be identical. This is what we observe.
I drew up another one of my FE sketches (which I'm unable to upload for the moment) based on the sun's positions at 9AM and 3PM on the equinox and sundials positioned at 45 deg N and S. What you find is that the angle of the shadow on the sundial between those two times on a sundial is different, 148 deg. in the north and 84 deg. in the south.
I'm curious the zetetic explanation for why we observe that the sundials actually show the same angle.