Is The Earth Flat Or Round?
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forgot the mountains !
besides how can the earth be flat when Psalm 23 talked about going through the valley of the shadow of death. Valleys by nature, are bottoms of hills and mountains which last I looked, are not flat.
what are people meaning by 'flat earth' anyway. How do they think those in temperate climates get their four seasons. Is it only ppl living in kansas that think the earth is flat. Like a pancake?
I just want to know what kind of cheese the moon is made of?
besides how can the earth be flat when Psalm 23 talked about going through the valley of the shadow of death. Valleys by nature, are bottoms of hills and mountains which last I looked, are not flat.
what are people meaning by 'flat earth' anyway. How do they think those in temperate climates get their four seasons. Is it only ppl living in kansas that think the earth is flat. Like a pancake?
I just want to know what kind of cheese the moon is made of?
I had this childrens book called North and Sputh trying to teach northern hemosphere children that actually the world was round and people,living in the southern hemisphere were not upisde down, and also, that animals and humans migrated.
lol
written by someone who believed the northern hemisphere was all that existed. Of course you would think that they would have a clue with the word 'HEMISPHERE'
lol
written by someone who believed the northern hemisphere was all that existed. Of course you would think that they would have a clue with the word 'HEMISPHERE'
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Re: If The Earth Was Spinning, This Guy Could Stay Right Here For 12 Hours
And Land On The Other Side Of The Planet.
While the chopper was on the ground, it was moving east to west at the
same surface velocity as the Earth's rotational speed at the pilot's latitude.
For argument's sake, let's say the Earth's surface speed at the pilot's
latitude is 800 mph (it's 1,040 at the equator). So when the chopper lifted
off to hover, the ground didn't suddenly zip away from under it because the
chopper and the ground were synchronized at 800 mph.
Plus, the atmosphere isn't independent. Gravity sticks the atmosphere to the
Earth like a coat of paint just as it sticks water to the Earth like a coat of
paint, i.e. while the Earth is spinning, it carries the atmosphere right along
it. Aside from local weather conditions; the atmosphere at our pilot's location
would be synchronized with the Earth at 800 mph.
So then, hovering choppers don't stand still in time and space while the
Earth turns under them. No; they, the Earth, and the atmosphere, are all
synchronized together. We don't notice all that of course because we on
the ground are synchronized with the Earth's rotation too.
So then: in 12 hours-- if they don't run out of fuel --choppers will remain
right where they lifted off, i.e. their position in the air relative to the ground
won't change at all because gravity won't permit.
* It's been my experience that flat-earth folks typically neglect gravity in
their thinking, and seem unaware that all matter on Earth is subject to
gravity, even the very air we breathe and the water we drink.
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Re: If The Earth Was Spinning, This Guy Could Stay Right Here For 12 Hours
And Land On The Other Side Of The Planet.
While the chopper was on the ground, it was moving east to west at the
same surface velocity as the Earth's rotational speed at the pilot's latitude.
For argument's sake, let's say the Earth's surface speed at the pilot's
latitude is 800 mph (it's 1,040 at the equator). So when the chopper lifted
off to hover, the ground didn't suddenly zip away from under it because the
chopper and the ground were synchronized at 800 mph.
Plus, the atmosphere isn't independent. Gravity sticks the atmosphere to the
Earth like a coat of paint just as it sticks water to the Earth like a coat of
paint, i.e. while the Earth is spinning, it carries the atmosphere right along
it. Aside from local weather conditions; the atmosphere at our pilot's location
would be synchronized with the Earth at 800 mph.
So then, hovering choppers don't stand still in time and space while the
Earth turns under them. No; they, the Earth, and the atmosphere, are all
synchronized together. We don't notice all that of course because we on
the ground are synchronized with the Earth's rotation too.
So then: in 12 hours-- if they don't run out of fuel --choppers will remain
right where they lifted off, i.e. their position in the air relative to the ground
won't change at all because gravity won't permit.
* It's been my experience that flat-earth folks typically neglect gravity in
their thinking, and seem unaware that all matter on Earth is subject to
gravity, even the very air we breathe and the water we drink.
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Photographs are unreliable because they can be photo-shopped. But I have
a suggestion.
International Space Station fly-by are predictable and can actually be seen
with the naked eye in good weather. There's likely at least one web site
online that can provide you with a listing of times and dates for your location
and where up in the sky to look.
* Don't expect the station's appearance to be detailed. The time I saw it, the
station shined like a small star. However, it's movement is very noticeable
so if you manage to spot the station, you'll know it because everything around
it will appear to be fixed.
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Photographs are unreliable because they can be photo-shopped. But I have
a suggestion.
International Space Station fly-by are predictable and can actually be seen
with the naked eye in good weather. There's likely at least one web site
online that can provide you with a listing of times and dates for your location
and where up in the sky to look.
* Don't expect the station's appearance to be detailed. The time I saw it, the
station shined like a small star. However, it's movement is very noticeable
so if you manage to spot the station, you'll know it because everything around
it will appear to be fixed.
_
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Re: Why Is It Called Sea Level?
Move you observation platform away from land out into the open sea.
Now; out there the horizon will appear flat all around you in a really big
circle and that's because your eye will be positioned at the apex of a cone
and looking down at the cone's base, viz: cones cap spheres quite nicely.
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Re: Why Is It Called Sea Level?
Move you observation platform away from land out into the open sea.
Now; out there the horizon will appear flat all around you in a really big
circle and that's because your eye will be positioned at the apex of a cone
and looking down at the cone's base, viz: cones cap spheres quite nicely.
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