8 ways life would get weird on a flat Earth

[prodromos]

That is how the underside of clouds are lit from sunlight. Because the light that lights up the clouds (undersides) is being reflected off of the surface of the earth.

This is, of course, complete nonsense. If this were true then the undersides of clouds, aircraft, birds, etc would be similarly lit up throughout the day, not just at sunrise and sunset.

 

[d taylor]

This is, of course, complete nonsense. If this were true then the undersides of clouds, aircraft, birds, etc would be similarly lit up throughout the day, not just at sunrise and sunset.

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What is complete nonsense is a globe earth, not only is it nonsense it is also a big ole lie.

 

[prodromos]

What is complete nonsense is a globe earth, not only is it nonsense it is also a big ole lie

Said no one with any intelligence.

 

[prodromos]

SpaceX have just launched Starship into low Earth orbit and returned the booster to the launch pad, successfully catching the booster with Mechazilla!

 

[d taylor]

Said no one with any intelligence.

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Thanks, this will be my last reply to you and really it is good riddance.

 

[prodromos]

And splashdown off the West coast of Australia. It took off from Houston, flew over Africa and came down off the coast of Australia in less than an hour.

 

[prodromos]

and really it is good riddance

I couldn't agree more.

 

[Larniavc]

How do you work this out ?

The rotation period changes depending on latitude.

 

[David Lamb]

Not invisible (wrong word) When the sun sets it is just moving out of our line of perspective for us to see it anymore.

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But perspective doesn't make things invisible.

 

[Apple Sky]

But perspective doesn't make things invisible.

Perspective means that the object is to far away for us to perceive.

 

[David Lamb]

Perspective means that the object is to far away for us to perceive.

Not according to the Cambridge dictionary:

the way that objects appear smaller when they are further away and the way parallel lines appear to meet each other at a point in the distance:

When I watch a ship approaching the horizon, it doesn't get so small that I can't see it, (I can still see it when it's on the horizon) but as soon as it goes beyond the horizon, I can no longer see it, even with binoculars. So it's not disappearing because it's too far away to see. If that were the case, it would just get smaller and smaller until I could no longer see it, and if I used binoculars, I'd be able to see it again.

 

[Apple Sky]

When I watch a ship approaching the horizon, it doesn't get so small that I can't see it, (I can still see it when it's on the horizon) but as soon as it goes beyond the horizon, I can no longer see it, even with binoculars.

The ship should zoom right back in, are your binoculars strong enough ? Most people use a PK900.

 

[David Lamb]

The ship should zoom right back in, are your binoculars strong enough ? Most people use a PK900.

But even ordinary binoculars should bring the ship back into my vision if it's just gone over the horizon and simply too far away to see. They don't. I'm sure somebody who is a sailor (I'm not) who uses binoculars to view other ships would be able to tell you that binoculars cannot make things beyond the horizon visible.

 

[Apple Sky]

I'm sure somebody who is a sailor (I'm not) who uses binoculars to view other ships would be able to tell you that binoculars cannot make things beyond the horizon visible.

Not so, anybody can do it.

 

[David Lamb]

Not so, anybody can do it.

They can't. If they could, then all the threads that exist about flat earth versus spherical earth wouldn't be here, because if it were true that anybody can see things beyond the horizon by using powerful enough binoculars or a telescope, that would prove that the earth is flat. I have tried it (just because of posts like this) and as I have said, as soon as a ship has disappeared beyond the horizon, using binoculars does not make the ship visible again. I remind you that I live in Paignton, on the South Devon coast, and from my living room window, I have a clear view of the sea.

 

[prodromos]

The ship should zoom right back in, are your binoculars strong enough ? Most people use a PK900.

As a HAM radio operator, I suspect @Jipsah might be familiar with the PK900, but I doubt anyone else would be. Or perhaps you meant this PK900? useful for covering the load on your truck but not especially for improving visibility of distant objects.

 

[Apple Sky]

As a HAM radio operator, I suspect @Jipsah might be familiar with the PK900, but I doubt anyone else would be. Or perhaps you meant this PK900? useful for covering the load on your truck but not especially for improving visibility of distant objects.

Sorry -My mistake, I meant a P900 Nikon.

 

[prodromos]

Sorry -My mistake, I meant a P900 Nikon.

Still doesn't make objects reappear that have gone beyond the horizon. We've gone over this before. I have used a telescope several times and can confirm that whatever is hidden by the horizon on large ships, is still hidden when zooming in. All the examples given by flat earthers are always small vessels that have disappeared due to being smaller than the resolution of the camera but are still in front of the horizon. They come into view when zooming in because they had never gone over the horizon in the first place. It is a blatantly dishonest claim made by flat earthers.

 

[HantsUK]

As a HAM radio operator, I suspect @Jipsah might be familiar with the PK900, but I doubt anyone else would be. Or perhaps you meant this PK900? useful for covering the load on your truck but not especially for improving visibility of distant objects.

While I've never heard of the PK900 modem, this did take down memory lane back to when I worked on 'walkie-talkie' radios where we used software running on the 68HC11 processor for the FFSK modem and other signalling.

 

[HantsUK]

Still doesn't make objects reappear that have gone beyond the horizon. We've gone over this before. I have used a telescope several times and can confirm that whatever is hidden by the horizon on large ships, is still hidden when zooming in. All the examples given by flat earthers are always small vessels that have disappeared due to being smaller than the resolution of the camera but are still in front of the horizon. They come into view when zooming in because they had never gone over the horizon in the first place. It is a blatantly dishonest claim made by flat earthers.

Agreed.

A far better 'test' or experiement is to observe an island a few miles out to sea, or the other end of a bay. Assuming suitable distances - you can see the island from the top of a hill or cliff but as you desend to sea level the island disappears from sight. The island has not moved further away and got smaller due to perspective (you will usually be slightly closer at sea level). If you cannot see the island then it is because the island is now beyond the horizon, not because it is too far away to see (you are now slightly closer, not further away). This would not happen if the earth was flat.