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Flat Earth Theory / Re: Anyone want to help prove the earth is flat?

« on: December 22, 2017, 02:37:50 AM »

How many of the flat earth folks see the earth surfaces at both points (45 deg North and South latitudes) are 90 degrees apart?  And in opposite directions?

If the earth is flat, wouldn't they be level and in the same horizontal plane?

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Flat Earth Theory / Re: Soundly Proving the Curvature of the Earth at Lake Pontchartrain

« on: December 22, 2017, 02:19:13 AM »

Here's some solid goodness:

A classic experiment to demonstrate the curvature of a body of water is to place markers (like flags) a fixed distance above the water in a straight line, and then view them along that line in a telescope. If the water surface is flat then the markers will appear also in a straight line. If the surface of the water is curved (as it is here on Earth) then the markers in the middle will appear higher than the markers at the ends. Here's a highly exaggerated diagram of the effect by Alfred Russel Wallace in 1870:



This is a difficult experiment to do as you need a few miles for the curvature to be apparent. You also need the markers to be quite high above the surface of the water, as temperature differences between the water and the air tend to create significant refraction effects close to the water.

However Youtuber Soundly has found a spot where there's a very long line of markers permanently fixed at constant heights above the water line, clearly demonstrating the curve. It's a line of power transmission towers at Lake Pontchartrain, near New Orleans, Louisiana.

What do you think, Guest? Good shit, or bunk shit?

The world is round and such info proves it.

Same as shortest distance flying from the Falkland Islands to south Australia takes you over the south pole. 1/4th the distance of flying over the North pole flat Earther style.

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Flat Earth Community / Re: Flying Information

« on: October 24, 2017, 11:14:00 PM »

Most folks know flat earth is a complete nonsense thing. 

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Flat Earth Community / Re: Flying Information

« on: October 24, 2017, 06:59:55 PM »

Correct answers prove the earth is round.

Twisted answers imply the earth is flat.

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Flat Earth Community / Flying Information

« on: October 23, 2017, 03:43:51 AM »

Flat earth believers, see if one of your newest members, Shaquille O'neil, can correctly answer these questions.  It's ok if you help and support him. Or answer yourself. Round earth people's comments are welcomed.

Flying the shortest distance in a straight path on longitude 59 degrees west from the Falkland Islands to Australia's southwest coast:

* what direction do you start flying?

* what direction do you fly on a longitude 180 degrees east (or west) from the first one finishing the journey?

* about how many miles (or kilometres) do you travel?

* what pole (north or south) do you fly over?