-Removed-Why should I do your work for you?
You've already admitted that I responded, even if you didn't like what was said.
I've nothing to add about what has already been said.
But enough about me.
What do you say to what is depicted in the video?
How do you describe the ability to see distant objects such as this and others discussed up to this point?
Originally posted by FreakyKBHThen why doesn't it happen with other islands? I lived in the Bahama Islands for 2 years and never saw any other Island in that chain, I lived and worked on a british submarine base called Autek, Andros Island and we never saw anything like other Islands except those close in. Even New Providence was NEVER visible and it is a LOT closer than that 100 miles you tout. That is from my own personal experience and there is nothing you can say against that except perhaps I am lying about even being there but I can assure you I was on the rolls there for a couple of years, never did I see any Islands like you talke about. I think those photos were faked or another Island.
Thank God tripadvisor.com was there to debunk this claim and set the record straight!
[b]Eleven year ago, when this response was given, paradisetrekker offered his personal experience--- nothing more, nothing less.
He indicated he had never seen it, nor did he know of anyone else who had observed it.
Further in his response he talks about how some i ...[text shortened]... dence of curvature on this stationary stage we call earth.
Where it should be, it simply ain't.[/b]
If that was real there should be such visuals from thousands of other places around the world. BTW, I also personally saw boats disappear in the water going away from where I lived near Cokley town by Fresh Creek, an estuary.
Originally posted by sonhouseThis video depicts something that happens often enough to be prepared for it, apparently.
Then why doesn't it happen with other islands? I lived in the Bahama Islands for 2 years and never saw any other Island in that chain, I lived and worked on a british submarine base called Autek, Andros Island and we never saw anything like other Islands except those close in. Even New Providence was NEVER visible and it is a LOT closer than that 100 miles ...[text shortened]... isappear in the water going away from where I lived near Cokley town by Fresh Creek, an estuary.
On a lesser scale, we see hundreds of examples of the same thing: objects which ought to be below the horizon clearly visible.
The maker of this video presented his observations, and you respond with... he's lying.
So what of the countless other examples?
All lies?
Practically every day, I can see 20-30 miles and more across the water to Cleveland and beyond.
Objects which should be 240' to 540' below the horizon clearly visible.
All times of the day or night, all year round, with the only limitation being weather or smog.
Explanation?
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Originally posted by FreakyKBHCountless? I just gave you one example from personal experience, so I guess you think I am lying.
This video depicts something that happens often enough to be prepared for it, apparently.
On a lesser scale, we see hundreds of examples of the same thing: objects which ought to be below the horizon clearly visible.
The maker of this video presented his observations, and you respond with... he's lying.
So what of the countless other examples?
All l ...[text shortened]... the day or night, all year round, with the only limitation being weather or smog.
Explanation?
BTW, if your sun is close to Earth somehow going in a circle above Earth, why are there sunrises and sunsets? You should see the sun 24/7 since it would ALWAYS be above the horizon. Bit of a problem for you flatasssers.
Also there would never be seasons, since it woud always do the same path.
Also, why are there volcanos? If Earth was only a few miles thick there would not be enough energy or room for the magma flowing from a volcano.
BTW, here is a flatassser thinking he is coming up with a real flat Earth. He is a joke:
The moon shines by its own luminosity, AND semi transparent. Amazing. I did not know that.
You flatasssers really need to get your stories straight, you need to chastise this idiot so you aren't more of a laughing stock than you already are.
Originally posted by sonhouseDid you have a point, or some comment on the video?
Countless? I just gave you one example from personal experience, so I guess you think I am lying.
BTW, if your sun is close to Earth somehow going in a circle above Earth, why are there sunrises and sunsets? You should see the sun 24/7 since it would ALWAYS be above the horizon. Bit of a problem for you flatasssers.
Also there would never be seasons, ...[text shortened]... ht, you need to chastise this idiot so you aren't more of a laughing stock than you already are.
Originally posted by FreakyKBHYeah, I think they were not looking at Ohau or kawai whichever other one they were 'looking' at. For instance, I didn't see a compass saying what direction the camera was facing and I have no idea what the island would look like even from 10 miles out much less 100.
Did you have a point, or some comment on the video?
I know we see Santa Catelina from Venice Beach where I also used to live but that is only 40 miles or so and the mountains there top out at almost 3000 feet.
But you can bet your boopie we don't see the beach or anything under about 1000 feet or so.
So why do we have sunsets in your mythology?
-Removed-I believe what you observed was the continued diminishing of visibility of the ship as it merged with the haze in the horizon.
There are many, many videos which depict this exact same occurrence.
Just as you were able to see the ship sink below the horizon with your unaided eye, once binoculars were used the ship appeared again and eventually seemed to sink below the horizon again.
With an even higher magnification, the ship would appear again.
If you were standing at the water's edge, the fall off from the curvature would have been much sooner than even what you were able to detect with your naked eye: from that point, your horizon started three miles out.
I can pretty much guarantee you were able to see the ship unaided much, much further out than three miles before it diminished.
Even at three miles, there would have been nearly three feet of loss due to curvature.
Unaided, you could see up to ~30 miles out to sea... whatever you saw should have been below the horizon by well over 500'.
Not likely, but even if you were watching the 83m/272' mast of M5 as she sailed away, even that tallest of masts would have been below the horizon... on an oblate spheroid with the given dimensions.
And yet you likely were able to see a much shorter ship many miles out to sea without even a foot of loss.