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Flat Earth Theory / Re: Mathematical calculations

« on: February 13, 2017, 01:21:42 AM »

Except the diameter of the beam that is hitting the earth is significantly larger than the earth.

that's due to another cloud higher up limiting that beam before it hits the cloud. repeat the previous experiment, only this time use a very bright lamp at a significant distance (or the sun itself) instead of a laser, and add another sheet of paper with a hole in it just before the first one. results will be roughly the same, only harder to notice due to excessive light. the role of the perspective is not that significant, though it might not be true for each and every case.

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Flat Earth Theory / Re: Mathematical calculations

« on: February 12, 2017, 10:05:17 PM »

So what are you saying is the correct explanation?    I've concluded that the actual rays are very near to parallel.  The realization was when I saw curpuscular rays that came out of the western horizon during sunset, went completely overhead and then came back together in the eastern horizon.   Parallel rays that appear to come together in each horizon as they move farther away from the observer.   

you can use a cheap laser pointer to emulate the sun, a few sheets of paper to emulate the clouds, and some dust/flour/muddy water to make rays visible. place the first paper on the path of the laser, if you're doing it in the dark you'll instantly notice that it now can illuminate a larger area. effectively, our clouds serve as a lense that disperses the light beam from our light source to cover a larger area. you can then use another sheet of paper with some holes in it to achieve the crepuscular rays effect. as expected, the rays will be pointing to wherever they got dispersed, not to the actual light source. parallel crepuscular rays just didn't get through the dispersion phase. it is fairly obvious and easily testable, yet almost every article, wiki or youtuber says that it's due to perspective. does anyone ever checks the data?

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Flat Earth Theory / Re: Mathematical calculations

« on: February 12, 2017, 01:30:31 PM »

I saw them this evening shining through the clouds.  They are optical illusions.   To say that they show the sun to be close is not thought through very well.

it's not an illusion. and i'm not saying that it shows that the sun is close. i'm saying that every source that explains crepuscular rays through the effects of the perspective is flat wrong. and it's awfully lot of sources.

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Flat Earth Theory / Re: Mathematical calculations

« on: February 11, 2017, 11:35:15 AM »

Crepuscular Rays appear angled due to perpective.
http://www.atoptics.co.uk/atoptics/ray1.htm

you sure about that? if you ever witnessed crepuscular rays yourself - you'd notice that the perpective doesn't work that way.