How can the sun in FE do this?

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It's nice that the FE ers that do show up address everything except the topic.
Pardon, are you referring to me?

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... this can only occur if the spherical earth orbits around the sun as the moon orbits around the earth, otherwise there would only be one kind of eclipse depending on the distance of either the sun or moon...

You mean that in the RE objects only have a circular orbit?? I thought most were ellipses.  Likewise why assume that in a FE the sun and moon must maintain an exact distance from the surface of the earth?

I am addressing the idea that the distance from earth to sun and earth to moon must be a constant, and thus only allowing for one type of eclipse.  I point out that in the RE world, the orbits are not fixed circular paths, and yet basically stable.

The topic doesn't even mention eclipses! Did you even read the original post?

Its nice round earthers show up and introduce irrelevent questions and claim that obfuscate the topic!

Its doesn't appear paralel due to an optical illusion.  There are a few threads with the details of the refraction about I believe.

Its doesn't appear paralel due to an optical illusion.  There are a few threads with the details of the refraction about I believe.

Once again, not only does this optical illusion have never been explained (or reproduced anywhere) but it STILL doesn't explain how it would be at eye level straight in front of you. You do know what refraction is don't you?

Plus, if it was an optical illusion, it would be possible to just magnify the image using something like a telescope, and as you'd look at it, the illusion would no longer affect you and you would once again see a disk shape above. However, no matter how much you magnify it to eliminate the effect of distance, it will always show you a circle and it will STILL be at eye level.

How do you explain that?