OK,
Mr BullwinkleNo, just go ahead and launch into your tirade.
You twisted my arm.
In a recent thread I asked what evidence the FES has that the earth is flat and was told to look in the FAQ, OK:
The FAQ at FAQ:: The Flat Earth Society answers it this way:What Is Some Of The Evidence You Have?
There are several readily apparent proofs of the planets flatness. The horizon always rises to meet eye level - which is impossible on a ball earth. The surfaces of bodies of water has been shown to be level. If the Earth was a Globe, this would not be the case. There is no visible curvature to the horizon even from airplanes. We don't even have a full shot of the Earth rotating from space! One almost has to ask - is there any real evidence the Earth is a Globe?
Our Library also has a great selection of books that further detail proof of the planar Earth.
The points claimed are:
1) The horizon always rises to meet eye level - which is impossible on a ball earth.
There is plenty of evidence that the horizon falls below "eye-level" (meaning the local horizontal) as the altitude of the observer increases.
Here are some from aircraft. First is a video taken from 45,000 ft, with a
shadow cast by the sun at an upward angle:
And these show the sun and moon well below eye-level:
Flat Earth vs Globe - Sunset and Full Moon Rise both below eye level at 45,000 ft. Wolfie6020 | | The Moon is below eye level when at 49,000 ft.
Wolfie6020 | | Flat Earth vs Globe; Another Ocean Sunrise - more evidence of Horizon Drop Wolfie6020 |
Here more evidence that the horizon falls below "eye-level":
Flat Earth? Mountains rising to meet eye-level. Andrew Eddie
Andrew Eddie found that, from
Flaxton Gardens (418 m above sea-level),
Mount Coolum (208 m above sea-level) lines up with the horizon.
This makes it certain that the horizon is below the local horizontal.
I presented that one because it is only about 111 km from where I live and I have been to Flaxton gardens and have seen Mt Coolum many times.
There are numerous more videos in like vein, though many are
far less polite to flat-earthers!
2) The surfaces of bodies of water has been shown to be level. If the Earth was a Globe, this would not be the case.
This statement shows a lack of understanding of the meaning of "level" nevertheless the linked post,
Re: FAQ: What Is Some Of The Evidence You Have? « Reply #7 on: Today at 08:51:06 AM », has a couple of examples that clearly shows "
curved water".
3) There is no visible curvature to the horizon even from airplanes.
The earth is so large that even at 40,000 ft there is little curve to the horizon and from that altitude the horizon is quite blurred.
But this video shows a slight curve and the horizon well below horizontal from 37,000 ft. See esp from 0:38:
THE CURVE! Two Flat Earth Claims Easily Shot down by GreaterSapien - needs to be full-screen.
THE CURVE! Two Flat Earth Claims Easily Shot down - Ground Level | | THE CURVE! Two Flat Earth Claims Easily Shot down - Horizon Drop and Slight Curve at almost 37,000 ft |
4) We don't even have a full shot of the Earth rotating from space!
That might have been true when that FAQ was written, though even then there were many full hemisphere photos, with the most well-known being:
The Blue Marble — Taken by Astronauts aboard Apollo 17 in 1972 Now, of course, there are such photos but with the earth rotating so slowly a time lapse is the only practical way to show it.
Moon and Earth from EPIC on DSCOVR Then adds, "One almost has to ask - is there any real evidence the Earth is a Globe?"
Yes, there is plenty of "real evidence the Earth is a Globe" and unless photos from space are all "part of the conspiracy
" there is direct photographic evidence of the Globe rotation.