Here is a simple proof the earth is close to a sphere:
All the flat earth models talks about a disk with the North pole at the center of the disk.
This means travelling from west to east (or vice versa) on the same parallel would take longer and longer more south you are.
However, on a sphere, this will get longer and longer until you reach the equator where then it takes shorter and shorter.
If you look at air plane flights time from New Zealand to Sydney Australia, it takes about the same time as from Orlando, FL to Albuquerque, NM. Both of these trajectories are at the same distance from the equator, one North of it and the other South of it, and both have the same timezone crossing to deal with. If the earth was flat, it would take the longest time to go around the earth when you are near the South pole, but in reality it is just as short as when you are near the North pole.
CHeck it out, the flight time for these flights and then wake up.
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23164575? ago
Here is a simple proof the earth is close to a sphere:
All the flat earth models talks about a disk with the North pole at the center of the disk.
This means travelling from west to east (or vice versa) on the same parallel would take longer and longer more south you are.
However, on a sphere, this will get longer and longer until you reach the equator where then it takes shorter and shorter.
If you look at air plane flights time from New Zealand to Sydney Australia, it takes about the same time as from Orlando, FL to Albuquerque, NM. Both of these trajectories are at the same distance from the equator, one North of it and the other South of it, and both have the same timezone crossing to deal with. If the earth was flat, it would take the longest time to go around the earth when you are near the South pole, but in reality it is just as short as when you are near the North pole.
CHeck it out, the flight time for these flights and then wake up.
23166460? ago
Look at emergency landings to know the truth. They only make sense on a flat earth.
23171331? ago
Please expand.
23171617? ago
Simple. Look at typical flight paths, then compare with emergency landing situations on both a globe and a flat earth map. Reconcile.
https://youtu.be/citMjJeO0Ho
Do this on your own too. Find your own, map it out yourself and see.
23204265? ago
Well, since maps are 2D, they are not accurate to depict what is the shortest path.
Take a globe and use a string and check what would be the shortest path from Taiwan to LAX
Here it is using google earth
Globe shortest link