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any Flat Earth adherents out there ???
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<blockquote data-quote="wyldberi" data-source="post: 106185" data-attributes="member: 6095"><p>I tracked down the video I'd watched previously at:</p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]nD4rc8idyik[/MEDIA]</p><p></p><p>The chart below is shown at approx. 55 minutes into the video:</p><p></p><p>From a given observation point on a spherical object having a circumference of 25,000 miles,</p><p>there will be an apparent elevation loss in all directions as the distance from the observation</p><p>point increases. The geometrical calculations work out to:</p><p></p><p> 1 mile = 8 inches</p><p> 2 miles = 32 inches</p><p> 3 miles = 6 feet</p><p> 4 miles = 10 feet</p><p> 5 miles = 16 feet</p><p> 6 miles = 24 feet</p><p> 7 miles = 32 feet</p><p> 8 miles = 42 feet</p><p> 9 miles = 54 feet</p><p> 10 miles = 66 feet</p><p> 20 miles = 266 feet</p><p> 30 miles = 600 feet</p><p> 40 miles = 1056 feet</p><p> 50 miles = 1666 feet</p><p> 60 miles = 2400 feet</p><p> 70 miles = 3266 feet</p><p> 80 miles = 4266 feet</p><p> 90 miles = 5400 feet</p><p>100 miles = 6666 feet</p><p>-</p><p>If you have a tree or a wall section 10 feet high, and drive 4 miles away down a straight and level road</p><p>you should still be able to see the top of the tree/wall. If you drive 1/2 mile further, the wall should be</p><p>entirely below the horizon due to the curvature of the earth's surface.</p><p>-</p><p>This is all theory and I haven't tried to verify this. For one thing, my math is pretty much limited to things</p><p>like bookkeeping and tax preparation; I've done virtually no geometry since college which was a long</p><p>time ago. But the circumference of the earth is generally reported to be approximately 25,000 miles and</p><p>I have no reason to doubt the calculations shown in the chart.</p><p>-</p><p>If you back the video up to 49 or 50 minutes you'll see the point being made. There's a picture of the Chicago</p><p>skyline reportedly taken from the shoreline of Lake Michigan from the State of Michigan. From that spot</p><p>Chicago is 60 miles away.</p><p>-</p><p>At 1,451 the Sears Tower in Chicago is the city's tallest building.</p><p>At a distance of 60 miles the Chicago skyline and ground level</p><p>should have dropped 2,400 feet below the horizon.</p><p>-</p><p>Go figure.</p><p>-</p><p>The video is an interview conducted by someone I've not seen before. He apparently conducts some sort of Bible based ministry. The guy being interviewed and doing most of the talking also seems to have a Bible based presence on the web, but is not a closed-minded fundamentalist Christian -- though from a few comments he made, he may have been in the past. He is approaching the subject from an questioning point of view and engaged in trying to verify the consensual reality we all generally live in.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wyldberi, post: 106185, member: 6095"] I tracked down the video I'd watched previously at: [MEDIA=youtube]nD4rc8idyik[/MEDIA] The chart below is shown at approx. 55 minutes into the video: From a given observation point on a spherical object having a circumference of 25,000 miles, there will be an apparent elevation loss in all directions as the distance from the observation point increases. The geometrical calculations work out to: 1 mile = 8 inches 2 miles = 32 inches 3 miles = 6 feet 4 miles = 10 feet 5 miles = 16 feet 6 miles = 24 feet 7 miles = 32 feet 8 miles = 42 feet 9 miles = 54 feet 10 miles = 66 feet 20 miles = 266 feet 30 miles = 600 feet 40 miles = 1056 feet 50 miles = 1666 feet 60 miles = 2400 feet 70 miles = 3266 feet 80 miles = 4266 feet 90 miles = 5400 feet 100 miles = 6666 feet - If you have a tree or a wall section 10 feet high, and drive 4 miles away down a straight and level road you should still be able to see the top of the tree/wall. If you drive 1/2 mile further, the wall should be entirely below the horizon due to the curvature of the earth's surface. - This is all theory and I haven't tried to verify this. For one thing, my math is pretty much limited to things like bookkeeping and tax preparation; I've done virtually no geometry since college which was a long time ago. But the circumference of the earth is generally reported to be approximately 25,000 miles and I have no reason to doubt the calculations shown in the chart. - If you back the video up to 49 or 50 minutes you'll see the point being made. There's a picture of the Chicago skyline reportedly taken from the shoreline of Lake Michigan from the State of Michigan. From that spot Chicago is 60 miles away. - At 1,451 the Sears Tower in Chicago is the city's tallest building. At a distance of 60 miles the Chicago skyline and ground level should have dropped 2,400 feet below the horizon. - Go figure. - The video is an interview conducted by someone I've not seen before. He apparently conducts some sort of Bible based ministry. The guy being interviewed and doing most of the talking also seems to have a Bible based presence on the web, but is not a closed-minded fundamentalist Christian -- though from a few comments he made, he may have been in the past. He is approaching the subject from an questioning point of view and engaged in trying to verify the consensual reality we all generally live in. [/QUOTE]
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