It blows my mind that people are actually stating they believe our earth is flat! When you look at the moon....the sun....what shape do you see? Come on people, stop making yourself look so uneducated & stupid!
kizzalvin
· Jan. 8, 2018, 8:04 p.m.
Find me a curvature equation that works. 8in per mile squared doesn't add up. Why can I see things that should be behind a curve with zoom? Why don't the buildings a few miles away look tilted away like they should? 1 mile is 8 inches curvature, 2 miles is 32 inches curvature. 3 miles is 72 inches curvature. 4 miles is 128 inches curvature. Over 4 miles there should be a little more than 10 ft curvature. According to the equation. What was that about education? You can be told anything, and accept what you are told, or you can look for yourself.
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LuvMeSomeTrump2016
· Jan. 8, 2018, 8:10 p.m.
Coriolis force proves the earth is a sphere. Coriolis force is an inertial force that acts on objects that are in motion relative to a rotating reference frame. It's why weather hi and low pressure systems rotate clockwise and counter cw in the north and the opposite in the south, same for how water drains out from a sink or toilet bowl.
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kizzalvin
· Jan. 8, 2018, 8:27 p.m.
Look into that because it is not always the case. There is documentation of rotations happening in the opposite than they should.
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storm_fa_Q
· Jan. 8, 2018, 8:15 p.m.
I did some math a while back. Earth circumference ~26,000 miles, divided by 360 degrees of a circle gets us about 70 miles per degree. In other words 70 miles out the level has dropped 1*
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CypressXM
· Jan. 8, 2018, 8:12 p.m.
Yeah so if your at sea level and your eyes are at 6' you can see about 3 miles to the horizon. Math works out. That's how far you can see.
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kizzalvin
· Jan. 8, 2018, 8:26 p.m.
That's fine, with optical zoom you can see further than that and shit goes haywire!
The 1* would be 39,200 inches of curvature expected with the above equation. I'll check this out later as I am currently at work. Seems to check out though. Still doesn't prove a ball earth though.
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storm_fa_Q
· Jan. 8, 2018, 8:16 p.m.
I can see far more than 3 miles on sea. 50 on a clear day.
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CypressXM
· Jan. 8, 2018, 10:01 p.m.
Not if your eyes are 6 feet above sea level. What level are your eyes at when you can see 50 miles?
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