When you are looking out over water, the curvature bends away from you equally over the entire body of water. So the horizon appears level. So you look out over the middle and the ocean curves away at 8 inches per mile, then you look 45 degrees to your right, the ocean here ALSO curves away from you at 8 inches per mile. Then 90 degrees to your now left, the ocean, again, still bends away from you at 8 inches per mile. So over that 90 degrees of view of ocean, you see it bending away from you at the same rate at every point on the horizon, so a flat line.
This is as you would expect. If instead when you look to your left or right the ocean suddenly was bending away from you more than that rate, then you would see a curve that was higher in the middle and lower to the left or right. But this would mean the water was uneven (that there would be a "hill" in the water) as you would if you saw a hill out on the horizon.
Brandon Lopez
I m not looking left or right. I m looking at one line, straight on. I ve checked physical maps and Google maps and the distance is 30 miles.
That's a 600 feet.
I can t find any anything online about the convex nature of bodies of water or the name of the experiment that proves it s even possible.
If you guys could just post me the links to the information about convex bodies of water, I would appreciate it.
Cameron Phillips
Yeah, I know. I can t find information on them so I came here. I ve googled it and can t find anything.
>1870 Repeated and found to show no curvature. The videos are on YouTube.
Can you sight something modern with better equipment?
Lucas Bailey
Go watch the video that still is from. The creator is posting fake videos and asking for money. If it was real you could post numerous examples along with the name of the modern scientific experiment that demonstrates and proves that standing bodies of water are convex.
There s real pictures of those transmission tower, here s one, give the rest a google
Asher Lopez
The problem with these is that they basically don't take into account the atmosphere. The atmosphere has an affect on light. Cold air bends light in a different way than hot air. I think we have all observed the affect of hot air on light so there's no point denying that the effect exists.
The real problem with these amateur experiments is that they don't take into account or mitigate as many variables as they can. They just make an observation and if it fits their desired result they accept it. When faced with opposing observations they make up explanations for them, often using the same reasoning that could be affecting their own observations.
Scientists aren't perfect, but there is enough opposition in science to keep them mostly honest, unlike the Flat Earth Society. An echo chamber doesn't make for good science. None of them are looking for flaws in each others work. Anything that fits is acceptable. Anything that doesn't fit doesn't count.
Easton Williams
Here a clearer still than the one you posted...
Isaiah Sanchez
>they took out the markers Wallace used to prove the refraction of the light Nicely done.
