it may sound stupid to some if not most but recently i have had a small number of people wanting a quarrel over whether the world is flat or it is actually as were educated to believe, round ?
id like some argumentative facts if at all possible please?
it may sound stupid to some if not most but recently i have had a small number of people wanting a quarrel over whether the world is flat or it is actually as were educated to believe, round ?
id like some argumentative facts if at all possible please?
Any picture of the earth taken from space, Just ggogle earth from space to get some pictures.
The shadow projected by earth on the moon during a Lunar Eclipse.
Time zones, if the earth was flat the sun would illuminate it all during the day or fully dark during the night. Thus there would be no time zones.
And of course the classical that when a boat dissappears over the horizon, you will loose sight of the lower parts and at the end the masts.
the sun is so huge that the moon and its shadow is errelievent,the sun should cast light over the earth 100% no matter what small object is blocking it because something in its path would need to be huge or the sun is smaller than what were led to believe
Quote ( Eduardo Sanchez Carenzo @ August 15th 2017,04:40:47 )
Any picture of the earth taken from space
the pictures are taken by who? That we must believe?
Quote ( Eduardo Sanchez Carenzo @ August 15th 2017,04:40:47 )
The shadow projected by earth on the moon during a Lunar Eclipse. yeh that was an argument that i put across but the light from the sun shouldnt be totally blocked given the distance from the sun?
Any satellite or person that has travled to space, but also you as a regular air traveler can seethe earths curvature, just take a day flight from Europe to NY city and sit on the right side of the airplane an look out the window, you will be able to see the earths curvature from your window.
Another example: go to the geographic north pole, Travel 10 miles south, travel 10 miles west, and then travel 10 miles north. You will reach the North pole again, Than can only happen on a sphere.
Not all eclipses are total,some are partial because the sun earth and moon are not perfectly aligned, that is when you get your shadow.
When you look at the night sky the Moon looks larger than the sun, but we know that the moon is significantly smaller than the sun and Earth,it's all relative to distance.
Also another example is that if it were flat you could no be able to fly from Americato China over the Pacific.
Another thing you can question them, if all other major objects in the sky are round, why would the earth be flat?
Bored,so i will answer....night and day....if it was flat,and even if it rotates,at one stage in the whole world it would be day when facing the sun and at some other it would be night when opposite.....and that never happens....
the sun is so huge that the moon and its shadow is errelievent,the sun should cast light over the earth 100% no matter what small object is blocking it because something in its path would need to be huge or the sun is smaller than what were led to believe
Yes but is millions of miles away. When you watch an object far away does it look smaller or bigger?
From the Earth's point of view the Sun is smaller than the Moon, and that is why the Sun or the moon can be eclipsed.
Talking about eclipses, if the earth was flat, all the people on the earth would be able to see next week's eclipse, no only the people in North America.
Bored,so i will answer....night and day....if it was flat,and even if it rotates,at one stage in the whole world it would be day when facing the sun and at some other it would be night when opposite.....and that never happens....
the sun is huge,no matter what distance its mass the light from it should averpass the moon,yes i get the distance thing but like are you saying that a moth that flys around a light bulb although you can see its showow it will totally block out where its shadow is cast?
“Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.” - Mark Twain
If the world were flat
- why can't I see Mount Everest - or bring it closer, Ben Nevis - why when I go up in an aeroplane and look out the window does the earth have a curve - what's at the edge? - how deep is it, the earth that is - what's on the other side? - how deep would I have to dig to reach the other side?
Eratosthenes calculated the circumference of the Earth without leaving Egypt. He knew that at local noon on the summer solstice in Syene (modern Aswan, Egypt), the Sun was directly overhead. (Syene is at latitude 24°05′ North, near to the Tropic of Cancer, which was 23°42′ North in 100 BC[16]) He knew this because the shadow of someone looking down a deep well at that time in Syene blocked the reflection of the Sun on the water. He measured the Sun's angle of elevation at noon on the same day in Alexandria. The method of measurement was to make a scale drawing of that triangle which included a right angle between a vertical rod and its shadow. This turned out to be about 7°, or 1/50th of the way around a circle. Taking the Earth as spherical, and knowing both the distance and direction of Syene, he concluded that the Earth's circumference was fifty times that distance. ...2600 b.c....
Are you not ashamed to say that the Earth is flat?
If the earth was flat, it should be infinitely easier to prove than to prove it was round - it isnt hard to prove with science and logic nowadays, but lets forget that. It did take humans a while.
Prove to me the earth is flat, rather than relentlessly questioning the mountain of proof that it isnt.
Quote ( Miel Soeterbroek @ August 15th 2017,08:57:12 )
If the earth was flat, it should be infinitely easier to prove than to prove it was round - it isnt hard to prove with science and logic nowadays, but lets forget that. It did take humans a while.
Prove to me the earth is flat, rather than relentlessly questioning the mountain of proof that it isnt.
There is also the question what possible motive would there be for people in power and scientists of so many nations to make up a story like the round Earth.
Sailors and Mariners have always known that the earth is not flat. The horizon is just 3 miles away at sea level and yet they journey hundreds or thousands of miles across it. Tails of sailing off the edge of the world were made up by those scared of the sea. If you've ever been on or near the ocean you can see it for yourself. If you can't, you clearly have the IQ of a Peking Crispy Duck.
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