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If you really think this could happen with an earth spinning and going around a sun that is also moving around a galaxy, well, you aren’t thinking, you are regurgitating what you have been told to think.

If you really think this could happen with an earth spinning and going around a sun that is also moving around a galaxy, well, you aren’t thinking, you are regurgitating what you have been told to think.

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I don’t have a problem using ‘globe earth’ distances, as the landmark I use, even if my distance figure is out a kilometre either way, still disproves the globe lol

Are you unaware of the Bedford Experiment?

How about Verrazano Narrows Bridge?

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I was not familiar with the bridge. Search engine says the towers of the bridge are 1⅝ inches (41.275 mm) farther between the tops than at the base. Can't tell by naked eye

I will look at the Bedord Experiment

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I looked at a lot of images of it from different angles, there’s a definite curve to the bridge, and in their website they say that it was to be so long as to need to incorporate the curvature of the earth. So, when I saw the flat water under that bridge, it really gave me pause.

Then this bridge (with railroad!) is 102.4 miles long!! https://www.britannica.com/topic/Danyang-Kunshan-Grand-Bridge

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I am suspicious of the bedford experiment and admit that it is disappointing to read about environmental refraction.

That sounds frustratingly like scientific hogwash.

Although, I do have limited experience with refraction. (If youve ever been in a pool or bathwater and hold your finger at an angle , the refracted light is stark and obvious) but I don't know the limitations of how this would play out in the real world.

I have observed how light bends around my finger when I hold it up in front of an object, the object behind it peeks in and out of view.

Nevertheless I can see why this would be highly contested.

What is your thought in the same experiment ran with a flag in the middle and higher off the ground to offset the alleged refraction showing flag in the middle is taller?

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Would it show the flag was higher?? I’ve been considering getting a laser pointer of Wish but they are illegal here 😔

I really wish we had some big lakes around me, because I think a lake that’s at least a mile or two wide, would provide a great testing ground!

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Same experiment was repeated with 3 flags. The one in the middle was higher

I would suggest a telescope and 3 tall flags