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Offline Smedley Butler

Flat plane and perspective
« on: March 13, 2018, 08:46:27 AM »
This photo appeared on my computer's desktop yesterday. 

I snapped a photo of it because if illustrates the truth of flat earth and the law of perspective in a single photo.

https://imgur.com/gXBbayb

You see the flat horizon with no curvature. 

You see the flat plane scrolling away from you at eye level.

You see the convergence of two parallel lines to a single point.
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Offline Neil Obstat

Re: Flat plane and perspective
« Reply #1 on: March 15, 2018, 11:31:07 AM »
Quote from: Smedley Butler on March 13, 2018, 08:46:27 AM
This photo appeared on my computer's desktop yesterday.

I snapped a photo of it because if illustrates the truth of flat earth and the law of perspective in a single photo.

https://imgur.com/gXBbayb     <-----[see below...]

You see the flat horizon with no curvature.

You see the flat plane scrolling away from you at eye level.

You see the convergence of two parallel lines to a single point.
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What a nice picture!
Too bad it only shows about a half mile of depth of field!
These old pier stumps only go out a few hundred feet at most.
You need several miles' distance to see the earth's curvature.
While this nice picture is nice to look at,
if you're trying to demonstrate the reality of the earth's shape,
you need to use a lot more depth of field, obviously.
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Like this:
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Here you can see the beginning of the earth's curvature in the distance.
Your photo, above, only covers about the first 5 of these towers.
The first 10 of them appear to be in a straight line.
Only after 20 or more do you see the curvature beginning.
It takes a great distance to see this curvature because it is very subtle.
You need several miles' depth of field for starters.
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Offline Meg

Re: Flat plane and perspective
« Reply #2 on: March 15, 2018, 11:49:00 AM »
Quote from: Neil Obstat on March 15, 2018, 11:31:07 AM
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What a nice picture!
Too bad it only shows about a half mile of depth of field!
These old pier stumps only go out a few hundred feet at most.
You need several miles' distance to see the earth's curvature.
While this nice picture is nice to look at,
if you're trying to demonstrate the reality of the earth's shape,
you need to use a lot more depth of field, obviously.
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Like this:
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Here you can see the beginning of the earth's curvature in the distance.
Your photo, above, only covers about the first 5 of these towers.
The first 10 of them appear to be in a straight line.
Only after 20 or more do you see the curvature beginning.
It takes a great distance to see this curvature because it is very subtle.
You need several miles' depth of field for starters.

The reason for the perceived curve may be due to the towers appearing shorter and shorter in the distance (in the second photo).
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Offline Neil Obstat

Re: Flat plane and perspective
« Reply #3 on: March 15, 2018, 12:17:44 PM »
Quote from: Meg on March 15, 2018, 11:49:00 AM
The reason for the perceived curve may be due to the towers appearing shorter and shorter in the distance (in the second photo).
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But the towers APPEAR shorter and shorter because of their increasing distance AND the further away they are the more the earth's curvature makes them sink down in the distance.
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If there were no curvature (as flat-earthers falsely claim) then the towers would stay in a straight line in the distance.
But instead, the line along the top of the towers CURVES DOWN in the distance, not staying straight.
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It's not complicated.
It is simple.
No need to make it into something it isn't.
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This doesn't need the ocean to be seen.
It's over a fresh water lake, but it's a very large lake.
The lake is large enough to allow us to see the earth's curvature.
That takes a really big lake to see that.
Most lakes are too small for us to see any curvature over the top of them.
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Offline Meg

Re: Flat plane and perspective
« Reply #4 on: March 15, 2018, 02:18:24 PM »
Quote from: Neil Obstat on March 15, 2018, 12:17:44 PM
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But the towers APPEAR shorter and shorter because of their increasing distance AND the further away they are the more the earth's curvature makes them sink down in the distance.
.
If there were no curvature (as flat-earthers falsely claim) then the towers would stay in a straight line in the distance.
But instead, the line along the top of the towers CURVES DOWN in the distance, not staying straight.
.
It's not complicated.
It is simple.
No need to make it into something it isn't.
.
This doesn't need the ocean to be seen.
It's over a fresh water lake, but it's a very large lake.
The lake is large enough to allow us to see the earth's curvature.
That takes a really big lake to see that.
Most lakes are too small for us to see any curvature over the top of them.

There's no reason to think that it's an actual curve. It must be due to distortion. The reason I say this is because we can see objects that are still visible when they should have disappeared (if there were indeed an actual curve). 
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