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A question for flat earth people
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Can you see the ship, the whole ship and nothing but the ship?
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No I can't. I do see the upper superstructure only. At the end the hull is below the horizon. Perhaps an optometrist might be able to help you.
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The top half? At most the bottom portion of the hull is missing which is to be expected. I suggest you study angles and perspective or just do a very simple experiment for yourself. Find a long, flat road. If you look down that long road, you will see people or vehicles "disappear" from the bottom up as they travel away from you. If you take a pair of binoculars, they don't disappear but yo can now see them again as it is a function of perspective or their "vanishing point."
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At most the bottom portion of the hull is missing which is to be expected. I suggest you study angles and perspective or just do a very simple experiment for yourself. Find a long, flat road. If you look down that long road, you will see people or vehicles "disappear" from the bottom up as they travel away from you. If you take a pair of binoculars, they don't disappear but you can now see them again as it is a function of perspective or their "vanishing point." The fact that the ship hasn't completely disappeared contradicts your claim in the first place - bad example.
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If it were a function of perspective alone the car would disappear equally bottom, top, left and right. As for your binocular comment, may I remind you that the ship video was taken through a telescope? No, it really is sailing over the horizon.
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That's just it isn't it... nobody knows... they have no idea... that is the big question... Science doesn't even know..
However... they have to have some reason.. which they call gravity, so that we can all stick to the ball earth.
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The ship was painted in a very standard way for cargo vessels --- a black hull with white superstructure. The bottom portion of the hull is missing because it is below water level but at the start of the video the rest is visible up to the level of the main deck. By the end of the video none of the black hull is to be seen --- at all. Period.
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Thank you. You did not dissappoint... the word "refraction" was what I was looking for... thanks..
Your "very special circumstances" do not allow for a fully visible sun while the moon is fully in the earths shadow... which happens.. which scientists "splain" away.. with their "refraction"
Sorry, but it should be impossible... this is one reason why, Dare I bring this up.. we are so far gone off the OP already... but this is why people believe that the moon has or is it's own source of light.
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Nice try... many would agree with you.. however. that is a description of the shadow of a cross section of my body. The part of my body that is blocking the light will still be the same size or smaller than the shadow it casts.
Therefore, the shadow is still going to be either the same size of, or larger than the part of my body that is blocking the light.
What you are describing is like saying that a thin street sign will have almost no shadow.. when turned sideways.
The moon is believed to be a ball. Any light shone on it will be blocked.. the shadow will always be larger or the same size as the moon... This is unavoidable.
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Just one of any number of examples ... some more pronounced (i.e. farther out) ... than others ...
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Want to play a game... lets show videos of our view... There are numerous videos on the net that show boats and ships reappearing as they are viewed through a camera an slowly zoomed in on.
Better yet... there is a mountainous Island that is several hundreds of miles off the coast of another location of land... People come from all over to witness an event...
This event is that special time of year when the sun sets on the ocean, directly behind these mountains.. This creates a beautiful silhouette of the mountains in their full splendor.
Here's the catch... the distance to these mountains dictates that they should be totally hidden and over the curve of the earth.. They should not be visible at all... especially not fully apparent in their altitude, behind the sun... This happens twice a year. Although, the mountains are visible throughout the year just not with the sun setting behind them, which is quite a site...
In the end.. this topic is one of my most favorite...
The fact that we... in many many many proven cases... see way too far... There are many examples of objects on the coast line of many places that are visible from distances that should be impossible if the earth is the size that they are telling us... They should be "beyond the curve" as they say.. Yet.. stand right there, in plain view...
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How do you figure... You are the ones that are stating that the moon can cast a shadow that is smaller than itself. It's shadow, on the earth, is about 70 miles wide. Just check NASA's site.. it's their data, not mine.
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Well ... there is a for e which pulls us to the Earth, that much is undeniable.
Whether the Earth is a sphere or a pancake can be surmised with other observations ...
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Really?
It thought I could just climb a tree.. Isn't that how this was presented?
Just how big do you think the earth is? You do know that it curves 8 inches every mile, right?
That's a pretty steep curve.. In fact, two six foot tall men, who stand on a frozen lake, and walk until they are 3 miles apart.. should not be able to see each other anymore.
Yet, no matter how high you go... the horizon will be right there at your eye level.
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