| nor even how ships disappear over the horizon of the ocean
This is what I thought was the simplest, most obvious explanation for anyone.
From discussion's I've seen, there is pretty much agreement on both sides on the "distance to the horizon line on a sphere" math.
What I wasn't able to explain away is why a ship can disappear to the naked eye "over the horizon", but then it can show up again if you zoom in with a telescope or superzoom camera.
^ If that is actually happening then we have some theory or assumption wrong somewhere.
Maybe light curves around the surface of the earth too, but I've never seen that explanation offered as a response?
I'm not a flat earther, but to be honest I haven't bought a nice telescope and tried to see past a horizon line yet either.
Light does curve around the surface of the earth. When you see the sun just over the horizon, it's actually past that point, but is being refracted around the surface.
Correct. This is only one of the many really cool optical illusions you'll see if you spend large amounts of time at sea. Sun or moonrise / set can look HUGE! Same principle.
FE claims Antarctica is an ice wall surrounding the entire planet, and that's why all the water doesn't run off. They completely ignore all the people who sail completely around that continent in a race, keeping track of time and distance.
It's unbelievably stupid, ignorant, etc. OP meme is spot on.
| nor even how ships disappear over the horizon of the ocean This is what I thought was the simplest, most obvious explanation for anyone.
From discussion's I've seen, there is pretty much agreement on both sides on the "distance to the horizon line on a sphere" math.
What I wasn't able to explain away is why a ship can disappear to the naked eye "over the horizon", but then it can show up again if you zoom in with a telescope or superzoom camera. ^ If that is actually happening then we have some theory or assumption wrong somewhere.
Maybe light curves around the surface of the earth too, but I've never seen that explanation offered as a response?
I'm not a flat earther, but to be honest I haven't bought a nice telescope and tried to see past a horizon line yet either.
Light does curve around the surface of the earth. When you see the sun just over the horizon, it's actually past that point, but is being refracted around the surface.
Correct. This is only one of the many really cool optical illusions you'll see if you spend large amounts of time at sea. Sun or moonrise / set can look HUGE! Same principle.
FE claims Antarctica is an ice wall surrounding the entire planet, and that's why all the water doesn't run off. They completely ignore all the people who sail completely around that continent in a race, keeping track of time and distance.
It's unbelievably stupid, ignorant, etc. OP meme is spot on.