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originally posted by: Gothmog
We here in the South have a notion of flat.
We call folks like that "Flat Out Ignorant" ( usually "flat out stupid" , bit I am a'tryin to play nice")
originally posted by: FlyInTheOintment
a reply to: Thunderkiss75
I'm with you on this issue.
Infrared long-range photography at 33,000 feet demonstrates that the Rocky Mountains can be seenv plainly, without obstruction, from 300-500 miles away. No amount of bluster & referrals to NASA-affiliated websites & fact-checkers can counter the plain reality of that FACT.
Furthermore, there is abundant photographic evidence even from ground level that Mountain ranges at some 250+ miles can be seen from a fixed vantage point only very slightly elevated, say from the top of a two storey building.
These facts simply would not be possible if we lived on a spinning globe.
NASA, CIA, DOD, Air Force (USA) & various other institutions all have internal documents which claim a flat, non-rotating Earth as the basis for their calculations & observations.
The Panama Canal is over 100 miles long, sharing the same water level throughout its whole length, connecting two oceans (Mediterranean & Red Sea). 100 miles of non-curving water speaks volumes.
When canals & railway lines are laid out, sometimes over 1000+ miles (Argentina, for example) the surveyors NEVER take account of that useless formula for Earth curvature, because if they did so, they would end up digging a hole rather than cutting a channel/ levelling inclines. They themselves have stated in numerous publications that the formula only exists for usage in school textbooks, and is utterly counter-factual during the actual practice of surveying.
The sources for these claims & the photographic/ documentary evidence is difficult to collate as it is routinely scrubbed from the web & equally censored out of the park on social media. However, give me a little time to collate what I have & later this morning I will edit this post to include all the necessary evidence. For the meantime, here's a link to the long-distance photography which in & of itself proves that Earth curvature simply does not exist:
Beyond Horizons - Home of the farthest picture ever taken on Earth
originally posted by: Itisnowagain
a reply to: ohhchongo
I like your thinking......unfortunately it flew straight over most posters heads.
😂