RE: The shape of Earth
July 22, 2022 at 2:13 pm
(This post was last modified: July 22, 2022 at 2:23 pm by Thumpalumpacus.)
(July 19, 2022 at 11:37 am)h311inac311 Wrote: People who have taken photos of city skylines across more than 60 miles of water for instance.
The fact that those photos don't show the bases of those skyscrapers is actually evidence that the surface of the Earth is curved. Indeed, that phenomenon is exactly why -- contrary to myth -- most sailors in antiquity knew the earth was not flat; when a ship passed out of their horizon, the hull disappeared first, while the masts remained visible.
Predating that, Eratosthenes's experiment with the sticks at noontime showed that at the same time, those sticks cast different angles when a few hundred miles apart. That too is evidence that the Earth has a curved surface.
You should probably read more. There's scads of information about this.
ETA: Never mind. I just realized you're a crackhead. Carry on.