Given the occasion of today's rare solar eclipse, I thought I'd ask the flat earthers how an eclipse occurs in their model of the world.
CathInfo's
flat-Earthers have had plenty of time to prepare themselves for today's
eclipse, which was announced to them, seeking some
credible response, at least as early as
July 11 (i.e., #737: the 3rd reply-posting on
page 50) of the much-longer but
still active topic "50 Plus Reasons The Earth Is Not Flat"[×]. A quick glance will show that the topic has now extended to
page 62; at 15 postings on each page generated for CathInfo members, the latest posting is #919.
This past week, the full moon has been very low in the sky compared to the sun. [....] Since there is a total solar eclipse coming next month, [....] there will have to be a dramatic change in these alignments during the next month in order for the eclipse to occur.
This eclipse (like all eclipses of the sun) will occur on a New Moon. That will be when the moon crosses the sky during the daytime. The moon is very difficult to see when it's a new moon, since the brightness of the sun in our atmosphere obscures the moon especially when it is close to the sun. Most people watching a solar eclipse have no idea where the moon is until it starts to move across the visible disc of the sun.
The responses from the
flat-Earthers, who have made a habit of self-righteously denying simple observations that can be made by alert adolescents with ordinary skills of observation, using low-tech or common analog technology, have not yet provided any explanations that are both
literally·
credible for a flat Earth, but
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incredible for an approximately spherical Earth.
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Note ×: "50 Plus Reasons The Earth Is Not Flat",
page 50: <
https://www.cathinfo.com/fighting-errors-in-the-modern-world/50-plus-reasons-the-earth-is-not-flat/735/>.