Ok, I am a relatively firm believer that the Earth is round, though I would be interested if somebody could explain to me their point of view. I have a few questions I would like to ask: Where is the proof that the Earth is flat? How would a flat Earth actually work? What causes gravity in FET? What proof do you have that RET is wrong?
As one of only a couple of "southern hemisphere dwellers" on this forum we can completely debunk the FE Model ... and it is a model... not a theory...because in Science something only becomes a theory when it fits EVERY observation and can make predictions.
So if you have ever been to the southern hemisphere (quite unlikely) you cannot argue against the case that us southerners have ... and we DO visit the northern hemisphere... and we have observed the skies in the northern hemisphere and compared them to the skies we see..... so
The FE model cannot explain...
1. The fact that 'down' here (ie Southern Hemisphere, I am 1600km south of the Tropic of Capricorn) we cannot see Polaris, and many of the other stars which can be seen from the northern hemisphere, yet many of the stars that we can see cannot be seen from the northern hemisphere. eg
http://thumbs.dreamstime.com/z/constellations-hemisphere-northern-southern-43823091.jpg 2. In the southern hemisphere the stars appear to rotate clockwise around the south celestial pole, whereas in the northern hemisphere the stars appear to rotate anticlockwise around the northern celestial pole (ie Polaris)
3. In the southern hemisphere we see a different view of the moon compared to the view from the northern hemisphere (
https://i.imgur.com/ZPY5fvh.jpg and
http://guanolad.com/stuff/moon_orientation.jpg)
4. In the southern hemisphere the phases of the moon work differently (
http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/time/moon/hemispheres.html) These videos explain the Pole Star Conundrum incredibly well !!
NOT ONE flat earth believer can explain these observations without inventing magical 'gears' in the sky and other hogwash...
I am an amateur astronomer... the proof of a spherical earth can be found by observing the night time skies...buy a telescope and do what the ancient Greeks did (although they did not have telescopes)
Observe
Record your observations
The ancient Greeks knew that the earth was spherical...Eratosthenes calculated the diameter to with amazing accuracy given that he lived 300BC !!
Yhen bring your telescope down under.... THEN you can't be fooled...look at the sky and compare it to what you see in the northern hemisphere... there is only one explanation for the differences... and that is.... THE EARTH ISD A SPHERE/GLOBE