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Edited by Krishnas Prophet:
7/2/2016 6:45:49 PM
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If Earth Is Really Round, Why Don't Distant Shorelines Appear Curved?
Round Earth belief claims that earths curvature is approximately 8 inches per square mile. However, when you look at a shoreline from a great distance, no significant "curve" can be seen. The above illustration proves this: the image on the left is how many miles of shoreline should appear if the earth was really a ball. The image on the right shows how distant shorelines actually look. No curvature exists.
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2 RepliesEdited by Melly Mel0dy: 7/4/2016 4:04:29 AMYou do realise that 8 inches vs. the distance of a mile makes that said 8 inches kinda unnoticeable? It's 8 inches vertical vs 63360 inches horizontal, I think it's safe to say that it [i]feels[/i] like it would be flat, but after a while, the difference is noticeable. Remember when I said that > 100km (or >60 miles for Imperial users) would be about 1/360th of the Earth? Because you might need to remember that for other later talks about this.
