Is The Earth Flat?

[TTZack]

What do you think?

 

[Ayano]

No...? What about all satellite images of the Earth showing it is round? If the Earth is flat why has no one seen the edge?

And if it was actually flat why would people want to cover it up anyway? When people began to say that the Earth was spherical, they were ridiculed, because it was believed in the past that it was flat and that's how people wanted it to stay. So why now would authorities hide the fact that it is flat and pretend it's actually spherical?

 

[Einstein]

Nope. No matter where you are on the earth, a ship will always disappear over the horizon by very close to the same distance each time.

No one has every fallen off the edge of the earth.

A plane with enough fuel traveling in a staight line will eventually return to its origin.

 

[TnWatchdog]

No one has every fallen off the edge of the earth.

Humpty Dumpty did...oh wait that was a wall.

 

[Night Vision]

No one has every fallen off the edge of the earth.

Humpty Dumpty did...oh wait that was a wall.

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[TimeFlipper]

 

[Japrim]

Ferdinand Magellan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Japrim]

 

[Japrim]

Mercury:

Venus:

Earth:

Earth's moon:

Mars

Jupiter:

Saturn:

Neptune:

Uranus:

Pluto:

 

[Japrim]

Nope. No matter where you are on the earth, a ship will always disappear over the horizon by very close to the same distance each time.

It is also measurable by the navigation lights.

This whole flat Earth nonsense can be put to rest for anyone who wants to take the time and trouble to see proof with their own eyes. It starts with your pointing out that the Earth's surface is of uniform shape at sea level. Go anywhere with visual access to a shipping lane or regular traffic(day or night). Take some optical equipment such as a telescope, binoculars, or even night vision if you have it.

Every water vessel or aircraft have navigation lights which are in a specific formation, and that can only be seen at certain angles. This is primarily so you can visually gauge their location and approximate course.

Here are a few diagrams to demonstrate:

Note that the (white) mast light is almost always located at a higher position than the (red and green) running lights or the (white) stern light. (never below them) This is key.

When a ship is coming toward you from a long enough distance from beyond the horizon, you will first see it's mast light twinkling, flickering or blinking as it pops up over the horizon. The blinking is caused by the ship rolling and bobbing through the waves. So the mast light sort of pops in and out of view as it goes above, then below, the horizon. You can usually see them when they are about 20-40 nm away, depending on the height of the ship.






Once the mast light becomes fully visible, it will shine constant. It will no longer flicker and blink.





The closer it gets, the more of the ship is revealed.












This is basically what you are seeing:
(The further away the two objects are from each other, the further below the line of sight they are.)

Here's a few good examples: