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How to show that the Earth isn't flat


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How to show that the Earth isn't flat

Description:
In this clip, I describe a method to demonstrate for yourself that the Earth isn't flat. Bruno The Questionable used the information concerning the picture atop of the mountain (the thumbnail picture) to calculate the circumference of the Earth. See below. Some months ago I replied to a video by mooeypoo, where she made an argument against flat-earthers based on relativity at the end of here otherwise excellent video. Unfortunately, the arguments there were flawed, which is why I made a video reply. As I don't want to be the guy that defends flat-earthers, here's the follow-up. I show how you can see the curvature using binoculars, telescopes, cameras or plain eyesight. The pictures and videos are taken in Norway at and in the vicinity of Stemshesten (a mountain) and Smøla (an island 60 km away from Stemshesten). Stemshesten is 667 m high, while the top of the towers are 110m. The top of the towers coincided with the horizon. The distance is 60 km, which enabled BruneTheQuestionable to calculate the circumference using Pythagoras: 2.pi.60000.60000/(667-110) = 40609 km, within 1.5 percent (40041 km)! Mooeypoo's Astronomy Simplified #1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toTm9BrvHeo My relativity response: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpMtGMlcCBI More about the Smøla wind farms: http://www.statkraft.com/pub/wind_power/windfarms/Smola/index.asp

Author:
trondreitan

Tags:
camera, curvature, Earth, flat-earth, flat-earthers, round, shape, Smøla, Stemshesten, windmills,

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