Since water always finds it's level, they believe it is contained on Earth and Antarctica is the barrier. the fact that Antarctica 'surrounds' the Earth. This argument is used by several flat Earthers to prove that the government (or NASA) is hiding something, e.g. Those that are made to go into infinite space are able to take pictures you see on the right. This is because Earth is so big: probes stay in earth's orbital distance so they do not continuously fly into infinite space. However, they forget to realize that the data was collected from various space probes and combined into an image.

Typically, they will argue that this is fake, simply because of that NASA artist. This argument is blatantly false there are many photos taken of the Earth, with the most famous one probably being the ' The Blue Marble' (pictured right). The Blue Marble photograph - Earth as seen by Apollo 17 in 1972 This was due to a NASA artist saying 'it is photoshopped because it has to be'.

Hence, if looking over water, there will be more humidity and more precipitation which would cause more refraction compared to on land.Īnother common argument from Flat-Earthers is the fact that there are no 'real' photos of the Earth. Light can refract and bend inside the same medium depending on the temperature difference of the air along the distance you are looking.

At ground level, it is possible to see objects further away then the curvature allows, due to refraction. The higher you are, the more you see while the lower you are, the less you see. Height does play a major role in your visibility as well as refraction. Using a common camera, the objects should be hidden by the curvature of the Earth if the size of the object is less than 267 feet, and you are at ground level. Example: 20 miles away would have a curvature of 20^2 miles * 8 inches / 12 inches = 267 feet of curvature. The Earth curves at 8 inches per mile squared, due to Pythagoras calculations using the radius of the Earth, this means the objects start disappearing behind the curvature every 8 inches per squared mile. These are some of the common flat Earth arguments that are prevalent amongst the believers of the theory, along with a rebuttal.Ī common argument by Flat-Earthers is that you cannot see the curvature of the Earth. 1.4 Gravity doesn't exist (Universal Acceleration theory).1.3 Why is travel to Antarctica banned?.

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