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Post by bxjetfan on Mar 30, 2017 14:36:15 GMT -5
Here's the thing though. As a ship sails away from land, common thought is that it is dipping below the horizon, so it disappears. But if you pick up a telescope and aim it where it disappeared, it comes back into view. That isn't true. sure it is. Now ive read that it would have to go out a little over six miles to get "over" the horizon and I don't know how far out that boat is. |
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Post by BEAC0NJET on Mar 30, 2017 14:53:20 GMT -5
Saw a good question from a flat earth guy on another forum. How come there are no photos of Australia from space that show buildings upside down planes too? Please tell us youre not a flat-earther? |
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Post by Trades on Mar 30, 2017 14:58:40 GMT -5
That isn't true. sure it is. Now ive read that it would have to go out a little over six miles to get "over" the horizon and I don't know how far out that boat is. So because a Bouy and a small boat can't be seen with the naked eye from a mile away that proves something? That isn't proof of a flat Earth, that is proof of magnification of small objects. |
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Post by bxjetfan on Mar 30, 2017 15:00:04 GMT -5
Saw a good question from a flat earth guy on another forum. How come there are no photos of Australia from space that show buildings upside down planes too? Please tell us youre not a flat-earther? LOL no. But Reddit has a conspiracy forum and they pop up every now and then. They have their own forums too. I visited one once and had a good laugh. They post shit and then science guys post shit and laugh at them. They make a big deal out of the pictures of the moon put out by NASA though. They said they were all composites. I never checked it out until trades posted his pic of the earth from NASA. Sure enough it's not an actual picture. |
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Post by Trades on Mar 30, 2017 15:03:09 GMT -5
Please tell us youre not a flat-earther? LOL no. But Reddit has a conspiracy forum and they pop up every now and then. They have their own forums too. I visited one once and had a good laugh. They post shit and then science guys post shit and laugh at them. They make a big deal out of the pictures of the moon put out by NASA though. They said they were all composites. I never checked it out until trades posted his pic of the earth from NASA. Sure enough it's not an actual picture. It is a composite because the camera is too close to the Earth to get a full view. It is an "Actual picture" just not one taken in a single frame. |
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Post by bxjetfan on Mar 30, 2017 15:04:59 GMT -5
So because a Bouy and a small boat can't be seen with the naked eye from a mile away that proves something? That isn't proof of a flat Earth, that is proof of magnification of small objects. So first you say it isn't true and then when I show you it is you move the goal posts? I'm not saying the earth is flat but some of the things you were taught as a kid aren't true. I grew up thinking/hearing about things disappearing from view went "over" the horizon. Sometimes you have to change your mind on things that were generally accepted as fact, that's all. |
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Post by BEAC0NJET on Mar 30, 2017 15:06:15 GMT -5
I think most of the flat earth questions fail to take into account the sheer size and distances that we're talking about.
I just traveled to Hong Kong and Thailand... the flight routes we took, unless a huge hoax, pretty much prove the Earth is round.
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Post by bxjetfan on Mar 30, 2017 15:06:33 GMT -5
LOL no. But Reddit has a conspiracy forum and they pop up every now and then. They have their own forums too. I visited one once and had a good laugh. They post shit and then science guys post shit and laugh at them. They make a big deal out of the pictures of the moon put out by NASA though. They said they were all composites. I never checked it out until trades posted his pic of the earth from NASA. Sure enough it's not an actual picture. It is a composite because the camera is too close to the Earth to get a full view. It is an "Actual picture" just not one taken in a single frame. Did you click the link? They show the pictures they took. Your picture of the Earth is not a composite of the actual pictures. |
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Post by bxjetfan on Mar 30, 2017 15:09:06 GMT -5
I think most of the flat earth questions fail to take into account the sheer size and distances that we're talking about. I just traveled to Hong Kong and Thailand... the flight routes we took, unless a huge hoax, pretty much prove the Earth is round. Is just weird that the Hubble telescope can take pictures of galaxies millions of light years away but we can't get a pic of the earth. |
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Post by Trades on Mar 30, 2017 15:14:40 GMT -5
It is a composite because the camera is too close to the Earth to get a full view. It is an "Actual picture" just not one taken in a single frame. Did you click the link? They show the pictures they took. Your picture of the Earth is not a composite of the actual pictures. I did not click the link at the link. What exactly do you think the picture I posted is if not a picture of the Earth? |
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Post by BEAC0NJET on Mar 30, 2017 15:19:34 GMT -5
That isn't true. sure it is. Now ive read that it would have to go out a little over six miles to get "over" the horizon and I don't know how far out that boat is. I believe the equation D=1.22 x square root H, gives the distance, D, in miles that a person can see to the horizon from a height ,H, in feet. |
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Post by Trades on Mar 30, 2017 15:27:16 GMT -5
I think most of the flat earth questions fail to take into account the sheer size and distances that we're talking about. I just traveled to Hong Kong and Thailand... the flight routes we took, unless a huge hoax, pretty much prove the Earth is round. Is just weird that the Hubble telescope can take pictures of galaxies millions of light years away but we can't get a pic of the earth. What are these pictures of? www.nasa.gov/feature/top-15-earth-images-of-2015 |
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Post by BEAC0NJET on Mar 30, 2017 15:28:14 GMT -5
Another argument you hear is that pilots have said they dont notice curvature of the horizon... but cmon, I mean, you're talking about a planet that is so large (12,742 km) that even at 45,000 feet altitude, the dip to the horizon is still only about 3.8° and almost 420 km away. I've read you need to be something like 60,000 feet altitude to really see the curvature of the horizon.
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Post by bxjetfan on Mar 30, 2017 15:48:23 GMT -5
Did you click the link? They show the pictures they took. Your picture of the Earth is not a composite of the actual pictures. I did not click the link at the link. What exactly do you think the picture I posted is if not a picture of the Earth? Dude, how about you click the link on the "picture" you posted and read. It's not a compilation of the the actual pictures, think of what you showed as more of an artists rendition. |
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Post by bxjetfan on Mar 30, 2017 16:03:53 GMT -5
See, here's what I don't understand. I asked why we couldn't get a picture of the earth where the buildings in Australia and the planes would be upside down. Someone, it might have been you said when you get so high up you wouldn't be able to make out features. What you just linked to were pictures taken from the space station and it flies about 249 miles above the earth. Clearly you can make out features in those pictures. Why can't they take pictures of the earth like a pizza pie, a slice at a time and put them together. Then it would show the bottom half of the earth with the buildings "hanging off" the earth. What am I missing? |
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