That's a great question, and one I witness on my own. I fish out in the middle of the sea of cortez. Now, from shore, the mountains of Baja are barely visible. But still, visable. The distance from my home in Sonora to Baja is around 65 miles, +/-. If the earth was spherical, the curvature...I shouldn't be able to see the mountains from that distance. Do the math on that....like you stated, the horizon should swallow it up so the mountains cannot be seen. Now, those mtns are not the Rockies, not as tall. Furthermore, in the middle of the northern sea of cortez where I prefer to be, lol, I can actually see the sandy beaches to El Golfo, San Felipe, and Puerto Penasco. I'm over 30 miles out from each of those shores, it's equidistant. I shouldn't be able to see a sand beach from either of those places, if the earth was spherical. So to answer your question, imho, it's a matter of perspective. The further away an object is, the smaller it looks.
But the perspective exists because of the lateral and longitudinal curvatures of a round Earth. Weather, refraction, or mirage-effects can change how far you can see things on the horizon.
On a flat-perspective Earth, wouldn't objects keep their same height no matter if you're traveling to or away from them? The only way you know you're getting near or further away would be detectible by the atmospheric and ambient effects existing between you and the object. 🤨😣 It's hard for me to visualize because we perceive things in 3D, not 2D projection.
Or perhaps the Earth is a 3D crescent-shaped snowglobe (the base would be curved up in the direction of the dome, not flat). Filling out the void space underneath the curved base would be the fires and magma. However, wouldn't this whole unit look again, kind of spherical?
Could be, I personally think it's not flat d/t the hills/valleys, peaks, etc. I question everything. Next time I'm out I'm taking my binoculars to see if I can see people on the beaches, lol. But if the earth was spherical, the sandy beaches would disappear at around 24-25 miles or so. The fact I can see them means something is off....I don't have all the answers but I know most of the things we've been taught are not right. We should question everything for ourselves...
That's a great question, and one I witness on my own. I fish out in the middle of the sea of cortez. Now, from shore, the mountains of Baja are barely visible. But still, visable. The distance from my home in Sonora to Baja is around 65 miles, +/-. If the earth was spherical, the curvature...I shouldn't be able to see the mountains from that distance. Do the math on that....like you stated, the horizon should swallow it up so the mountains cannot be seen. Now, those mtns are not the Rockies, not as tall. Furthermore, in the middle of the northern sea of cortez where I prefer to be, lol, I can actually see the sandy beaches to El Golfo, San Felipe, and Puerto Penasco. I'm over 30 miles out from each of those shores, it's equidistant. I shouldn't be able to see a sand beach from either of those places, if the earth was spherical. So to answer your question, imho, it's a matter of perspective. The further away an object is, the smaller it looks.
But the perspective exists because of the lateral and longitudinal curvatures of a round Earth. Weather, refraction, or mirage-effects can change how far you can see things on the horizon.
On a flat-perspective Earth, wouldn't objects keep their same height no matter if you're traveling to or away from them? The only way you know you're getting near or further away would be detectible by the atmospheric and ambient effects existing between you and the object. 🤨😣 It's hard for me to visualize because we perceive things in 3D, not 2D projection.
Or perhaps the Earth is a 3D crescent-shaped snowglobe (the base would be curved up in the direction of the dome, not flat). Filling out the void space underneath the curved base would be the fires and magma. However, wouldn't this whole unit look again, kind of spherical?
Could be, I personally think it's not flat d/t the hills/valleys, peaks, etc. I question everything. Next time I'm out I'm taking my binoculars to see if I can see people on the beaches, lol. But if the earth was spherical, the sandy beaches would disappear at around 24-25 miles or so. The fact I can see them means something is off....I don't have all the answers but I know most of the things we've been taught are not right. We should question everything for ourselves...
It's a little more complicated than that (but not much).
Optics are tricky.
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