Flat Earth

Originally posted by Ghost of a Duke
Dude, when Branson gets this space tourist thing up in the air, i'll gladly buy you a ticket so you can see the curvature of the Earth with your own eyes.

I think your money is very, very safe.
Every high-altitude balloon machine-driven vehicle has demonstrated a flat horizon.
Only when a camera is burdened with a fish-eye lens do we "see" any "curvature."

Originally posted by FreakyKBH
I think your money is very, very safe.
Every high-altitude balloon machine-driven vehicle has demonstrated a flat horizon.
Only when a camera is burdened with a fish-eye lens do we "see" any "curvature."

unless it's faked...

right???
the caveat must be included, right???

Originally posted by rookie54
unless it's faked...

right???
the caveat must be included, right???

I think his money on a ticket is safe because I don't believe they will be successful in the venture.
NASA's "pictures" of the earth are--- without question--- faked.
That's what computer generated images are, really.
If you took your iPhone or I took my Android on a spaceship 250K miles outside of earth's atmosphere, we'd be able to take hella better pics than anything NASA has offered to date of this lovely oblate spheroid... that looks perfectly round, otherwise... that continually changes the size of the continents... that has photoshopped cloud formations... that... that... that...

Originally posted by wolfgang59
Generally accepted by whom?
The silly formula flat-earthers use or something more precise?
And what do you mean by rate of curvature?

That is an easy number. It's called the radius. Earth has about a 4000 mile radius.

Originally posted by FreakyKBH
I think your money is very, very safe.
Every high-altitude balloon machine-driven vehicle has demonstrated a flat horizon.
Only when a camera is burdened with a fish-eye lens do we "see" any "curvature."

The pictures of Earth taken from ISS shows curved Earth but if you are saying they are using some kind of fisheye lens then the window that they take the picture from would also be curved. It is basically a rectangular window and the Earth is curved in that view but the window is still rectangular not some kind of distorted shape.

You like taking these kind of devils advocate positions but you are doomed to failure.

Here are some taken from the ISS, scroll down and you see one where the Earth is shown curved but the solar cells are straight as an arrow, If it had been taken with a fisheye lens the solar cells would be curved also.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-11-02/15-years-of-continuous-human-space-time/6905914

Originally posted by sonhouse
The pictures of Earth taken from ISS shows curved Earth but if you are saying they are using some kind of fisheye lens then the window that they take the picture from would also be curved. It is basically a rectangular window and the Earth is curved in that view but the window is still rectangular not some kind of distorted shape.

You like taking these kind of devils advocate positions but you are doomed to failure.

He likes failure.

Originally posted by FreakyKBH
I think his money on a ticket is safe because I don't believe they will be successful in the venture.
NASA's "pictures" of the earth are--- without question--- faked.
That's what computer generated images are, really.
If you took your iPhone or I took my Android on a spaceship 250K miles outside of earth's atmosphere, we'd be able to take hella better p ...[text shortened]... the size of the continents... that has photoshopped cloud formations... that... that... that...

I'm starting to think you're not pulling our leg.

Originally posted by FreakyKBH
I think his money on a ticket is safe because I don't believe they will be successful in the venture.
NASA's "pictures" of the earth are--- without question--- faked.
That's what computer generated images are, really.
If you took your iPhone or I took my Android on a spaceship 250K miles outside of earth's atmosphere, we'd be able to take hella better p ...[text shortened]... the size of the continents... that has photoshopped cloud formations... that... that... that...

What's at the edge of our flat earth? Has anyone ever been there? Are there any photos?

Originally posted by Proper Knob
What's at the edge of our flat earth? Has anyone ever been there? Are there any photos?

You look down onto the backs of four elephants.

Surely everyone knows that?!

Originally posted by Startreader
You look down onto the backs of four elephants.

Surely everyone knows that?!

Standing on a turtle.

Originally posted by wolfgang59
Standing on a turtle.

Stop stalling, wolfgang59...

Originally posted by sonhouse
The pictures of Earth taken from ISS shows curved Earth but if you are saying they are using some kind of fisheye lens then the window that they take the picture from would also be curved. It is basically a rectangular window and the Earth is curved in that view but the window is still rectangular not some kind of distorted shape.

You like taking these ...[text shortened]... also.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-11-02/15-years-of-continuous-human-space-time/6905914

Anything from NASA is immediately suspect, given the organization's long-standing fraudulent activities and presentations.

Nonetheless, the appearance of curvature from, say, an airplane window at 35,000' is a result of a distorted filter, i.e., either the window or the camera itself.
Simply compare that apparent curvature with the expanse over which the plane is flying: the "curvature" is not/cannot line up.
Better yet: observe the expanse from the point of view of the pilot's cabin.
Literally zero curvature in any direction while the nose of the plane is held steadily toward the horizon--- directly straight, not down.

Originally posted by Proper Knob
What's at the edge of our flat earth? Has anyone ever been there? Are there any photos?

Antarctica.
Been there, but no one has seen its end.
Some.

Originally posted by FreakyKBH
Antarctica.
Been there, but no one has seen its end.
Some.

So the earth is flat and Antarctica goes all round the edge, sort of like a cheese filled crust on a pizza? How do you flat earthers account for people who have crossed the Antarctic and where is the South Pole?

Originally posted by FreakyKBH
Antarctica.
Been there, but no one has seen its end.
Some.

Clearly the Earth isn't flat.

The real question is, why do you want it to be?