![]() ![]() Whether it changes anyone's mind is up for debate, but without resorting to space, circumnavigation, or any advanced scientific experiments, you can experience a whole handful of phenomena that a flat Earth can't account for. If the Earth were flat, these five phenomena would be very different, and yet they are so simple to verify that any flat Earth believer cannot possibly doubt their veracity. Although these pieces of evidence are easy to observe, they don't carry the direct weight that a view of the Earth from space does. The 2001–2002 composite images of the Blue Marble, constructed with NASA’s Moderate Resolution. Only with a curved Earth is one invisible from the other, and this is true for any two mountain peaks with clear line-of-sights from one to the other. With a curved Earth of its measured radius, the line-of-sight limit for those two elevations caps out at 233 miles. However, you cannot see one from the other, which you would absolutely be able to do if the Earth were flat. If you were to draw a straight line from Mauna Kea (elevation: 13,796 ft.) to Kawaikini (elevation: 5226 ft.) it would span a distance of 303 miles. The island of Kauai has the seventh highest point in the Hawaiian islands: the peak known as Kawaikini. With nothing but the ocean around it, and a few other nearby islands, you should be able to see extremely far away. Mauna Kea, the highest peak in Hawaii (the summit of the Big Island), offers incredible views. SiegelĤ.) You cannot see Kawaikini from the peak of Mauna Kea. The fact that they aren't indicates the Earth's curvature. any high mountain within the line-of-sight of the tall mountain you're atop would be visible. The method of Biruni for calculating the Earth's circumference. If the Earth were flat, the Sun's rays would always come in at the same angle, meaning that the USA, Australia, Italy, and Argentina would all experience the seasons the same exact way. Ever notice how the summer in the United States corresponds to winter in Australia? Or how winter in Italy lines up with summer in Argentina? This is because the Sun's rays, which are almost perfectly parallel, strike Earth at different angles during different parts of the year. If we go even further, a flat Earth would have the same angle, and therefore the same season, everywhere.Ģ.) Different locations on Earth experience seasons at different times. But if the Earth’s surface were curved (bottom), shadows at different locations would cast different shadows on the same day, depending on the angle that the Sun’s rays struck the object in question. solstice everywhere on Earth (top), no matter where you were located. Or perhaps they are the same size.If the Earth were perfectly flat, then the Sun’s rays would cast identical shadows at noon on the. They tell us the sun is 400 times bigger than the moon and 400 times further, which makes them look the same size. Unless you know the distance or the size, you can't tell the other. We come with the assumption that the lights in the sky are the physical spheres of matter. Weiss said the assumption that we live in a giant expanding universe has never been proven. We could not see stars at the size they tell us. We could not see planets in the sizes, distances, and brightness they tell. When you actually take the time to look at how that would work, it doesn't work. We're told by Disney and Nasa that these lights are giant balls of dirt and rock floating in space reflecting sunlight. The meaning of that is there's no relevance to the lights in the sky. Look at the shape and then describe your floor based on those shapes. The first thing I always say is to look up at the lights on your ceiling. He fervently believes the earth is both flat and stationary, calling it a "level, horizontal, non-rotating plain". ![]() Weiss embarked on a journey to find proof of the Earth’s curvature four years ago. Well, answering this question has been the quest of David Weiss, an entrepreneur and so-called "Flat Earther". The shape of Earth explains seasons, changes in weather, how the sun sets, and many more natural phenomena. The question of whether the earth is flat has been debated throughout human history. Aubrey Masango chats to David Weiss, a flat earth believer.
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