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Flat Earth Investigations / Re: I am wondering why I do not see...
« Last post by Tom Bishop on April 11, 2024, 11:28:26 AM »The Solar Eclipse eclipse paths on a Flat Earth make more sense to me than the Solar Eclipse paths on the Round Earth.
I think I've identified the issue.
This is a bit complicated but this video does a reasonable job of explaining it:
The headline is that straight lines when mapped on to a globe aren't straight when shown on a 2d map projection.
And the earth is rotating at different speeds at different latitudes, which complicates things.
Also note that the width of the eclipse path changes with latitude. The size of the shadow isn't different, it's just that the angle of the earth's surface with respect to that shadow is different which means it can be seen over a wider area.
That video is titled "Why Do Eclipses Travel WEST to EAST?" and does not attempt to even explain the North-South movements. I am not asking why the eclipses travel West to East. I am asking why they make North-South movements, and make shapes like this:
Not only is there North-South movement, there many of them there is also a point of inflection, with one concave and one convex arch and where the eclipse changes direction.
The shapes are quite radical on a Round Earth, and there appears to be a lack of a coherent explanation for what is occurring here:
http://eclipse-maps.com/Eclipse-Maps/Welcome.html