This thread is specifically about the
DROP.
I'll post my challenge below.
There are many threads about other aspects of GE/FE which are fun to explore. I don't pretend to have all the answers and don't want to go off topic on this thread.
So please stay on topic if you wish to accept my friendly challenge. :)
Here is the Globe Earth curve chart. We will discuss the
DROP per mile due to the curve of the earth which you can see on the table on the right.
According to the chart there is a
24 foot DROP after 6 miles.
That makes sense because as any child will tell you a boat disappears "over the curve" as it goes out to sea. So a 24 foot tall boat will disappear about 6 miles out.
(Nikon P900 cameras disprove this but we'll go with conventional GE knowledge.)
You don't need special equipment. A child can see with their own eyes that the boat went "over the curve" and is now hiding behind the
DROP.
At 10 miles out a tall boat can hide behind the
66 Foot DROP of the curve.
Now consider the following...
A
3 Foot DROP causes the lean of the Leaning Tower of Pisa.
The lean is very noticeable to the naked eye. You don't need special equipment to see the lean caused by the
3 Foot DROP.
You don't need to get really high up or go out into space to see the leaning building or any kind of laser or other measurement.
All you need are your eyes. A child would tell you it leans.
You easily can see the difference between the tower and the other buildings.
The buildings are not congruent.
The tower is perpendicular to the land it is standing on
but it leans away from the other building because of a
3 Foot DROP.What would the tower look like with a
10 Foot DROP??
Imagine how far over it would lean!
It might look like this
Woah.
Now what I can't find are any photos of the
leaning towers from the Globe Earth DROP.
They shouldn't be hard to find.
My challenge is for somebody to please post a photo that demonstrates these
leaning towers due to the DROP of the globe.
Here are some photos of skylines:
New York
After 3 miles there should be a
6 Foot DROP.I don't see it. Do you?
That's double the
DROP of the Leaning Tower of Pisa so the buildings should start to lean away from each other quite a bit.
As in double the amount the Leaning Tower of Pisa leans.
It would be easy to see.
Here is 10 miles of New York skyline:
According to the Globe Earth chart above, there should be a
66 foot DROP.
If a
3 Foot DROP causes the Leaning Tower of Pisa, imagine what a
66 Foot DROP would look like!
Where are the leaning towers of New York??
If a boat goes out to sea from the NY docks it will disappear after about 6 miles and hide behind the
DROP of the curve. Right?
Does the earth only curve in that direction?
Chicago's skyline is 25 miles long.
According to the chart, just 25 miles has a
266 foot DROP!
Whoa.
Can you see it? I can't.
The buildings are level with the water and remain congruent with one another. Where are the leaning towers of Chicago??
I can't see the
266 foot DROP on the left and on the right. Can you?
If only a
3 Foot DROP causes the Leaning Tower of Pisa,
what would a
266 Foot DROP look like???
Now if a boat went out into the lake 6 miles and disappeared it would be because it went "over the curve" and is now hidden behind the
DROP. Right?
Why does the earth only curve in that direction?
Where are the leaning towers?
Where is the
DROP on the left and on the right?
Can somebody post a photo demonstrating this
266 Foot DROP after 20 miles? Surely there is a photo of 20 miles of coastline or 20 miles of horizon line that demonstrates this
266 Foot DROP, right?
Miami Beach is 32 miles long:
30 miles is a
600 foot DROP!!(see the chart above)
Do you see the
600 foot DROP?
I don't.
Surely you would see that right?
If a
3 Foot DROP causes the Leaning Tower of Pisa
what would a
600 Foot DROP look like?!
Can somebody please post a photo of the 600 Foot Drop?Surely that shouldn't be hard to find.The Miami Beach buildings are congruent and level with the water.
Also notice there is no
DROP on the left or right of the ocean horizon line you see beyond the skyline. Why is that?
Where are the leaning towers of Miami Beach?
Now if a ship went out to sea 6 miles from Miami Beach it would "go over the curve" and hide behind the 24 foot
DROP.
Does the earth only curve in that direction?
San Francisco is full of hills and yet the buildings are all congruent to one another.
There are no leaning towers of San Francisco. The buildings are perpendicular to the water which is level.
Water is always level.
That is why water is used to measure if a building is level even if the building is on the side of a hill.
Here is 4 miles of the Las Vegas Strip
According to the chart there should be a
10 foot DROP.
Only a
3 foot DROP causes the Leaning Tower of Pisa.
A
10 foot DROP would be very dramatic and easy to see.
Where are the leaning towers of Las Vegas?
Can somebody post a photo which demonstrates the
DROP?
They shouldn't be hard to find but for the life of me I can't find them.
Central Avenue in Phoenix is 20 miles long:
According to the chart there should be a
266 Foot DROP.
Can you see it?
I can't.
Where are the leaning towers of Phoenix?
Only
3 feet of DROP causes the Leaning Tower of Pisa.
A boat can hide behind the
DROP after six miles out to sea (or lake).
Imagine what a
266 Foot DROP would look like! :O
Can somebody please post a photo showing the
266 Foot DROP?
It shouldn't be hard to find...should it? :)