carosio   178 #1369 Posted December 23, 2017 Samuel Rowbotham's curvature experiment is described here:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedford_Level_experiment Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
melthebell   862 #1370 Posted February 11, 2018 i love this meme Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
petemcewan   27 #1371 Posted February 11, 2018 just a note:  It's the force of gravity that makes the earth and planets round. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
area 51 Â Â 10 #1372 Posted February 11, 2018 The photos from space showing a round earth still hasn't got rid of the flat earth theorists then.Weird. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
MAC33 Â Â 10 #1373 Posted February 11, 2018 Their CGI images from Hollywood showing the earth to a ball are fooling the masses again i see.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Longcol   577 #1374 Posted February 11, 2018 Humans has already worked out the earth was a globe a couple of thousand years before Hollywood.  It's called science - you should learn some instead of swallowing every conspiracy theory like some act of faith. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
altus   514 #1375 Posted February 11, 2018 Their CGI images from Hollywood showing the earth to a ball are fooling the masses again i see.... So was all the footage of the ball earth from the 1950's/60's GCI too? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
area 51 Â Â 10 #1376 Posted February 11, 2018 Their CGI images from Hollywood showing the earth to a ball are fooling the masses again i see.... Â How do you explain being able to see the curvature of the earth on a long haul plane flight.?If the earth is flat how is it that we can only see circular planets in the rest of the universe including moons. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Cyclone   10 #1377 Posted February 12, 2018 Spherical planets, we can't see circular ones, we can see spherical ones. Everywhere we look. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
redwhine   10 #1378 Posted February 12, 2018 Spherical planets, we can't see circular ones, we can see spherical ones. Everywhere we look. They are oblate spheroids rather than (perfect) spheres...  http://mathworld.wolfram.com/OblateSpheroid.html  [/pedant] Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
SnailyBoy   10 #1379 Posted February 12, 2018 Space X rival.  http://newsthump.com/2018/02/12/flat-earth-space-agency-to-launch-satellites-by-throwing-them-off-the-edge/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Baz1   27 #1380 Posted February 12, 2018 Space X rival. http://newsthump.com/2018/02/12/flat-earth-space-agency-to-launch-satellites-by-throwing-them-off-the-edge/  The New agency will be called Flatearth Aeronautical Experimentation Colonisation And Exploration Society – or FAECES for short.  That will go down well I am sure. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...