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Re: How do Flat Earthers explain an Eclipse
« Reply #110 on: February 20, 2018, 10:53:55 PM »
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It has been recognized for many centuries that the consistently circular shape of the shadow earth casts on the moon is direct evidence of the spherical shape of the earth.
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There never has been any serious contention against this conclusion.
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It is patently ridiculous to try making an example of what a sphere's shadow on another sphere looks like when the point of observation is a THIRD location (instead of the location of the shadow-casting sphere).
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Re: How do Flat Earthers explain an Eclipse
« Reply #111 on: February 21, 2018, 09:19:50 AM »
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In fact, the ONLY time we get a lunar eclipse is when the sun is on one side of the earth and the moon is on the opposite side.
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I know, for flat-earthers, that's heresy.
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But it's only "heresy" in their fantasy Modernism dreamland.
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Except for those pesky photos posted of the sun & the moon in the sky at the same time during a lunar eclipse. 


Re: How do Flat Earthers explain an Eclipse
« Reply #112 on: February 23, 2018, 02:39:52 PM »
Except for those pesky photos posted of the sun & the moon in the sky at the same time during a lunar eclipse.
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The photos to which you refer do not show the sun and moon both visible in the sky during the eclipse.
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The moon is visible, with a copper hue ("blood moon") but the sun is not above the horizon. Only the glow of pre-dawn is seen.
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However, by abusing the exposure of the camera the picture is overexposed near where the sun will soon rise and you can't see what is there due to the overexposure. But the narrator says "there is the sun!" even though the sun is not there yet.
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The same deception is used in videos which claim that the sun gets smaller as it sets in the west by overexposing the footage when the sun is high in the sky making it look like the sun is very large, but all it is is an overexposed sun that seems to be about 5 times the diameter it would be if the proper filters were used. The photographer did not use filters because he was attempting to skew his image to make the sun appear 5 times larger than it actually should look.
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Flat-earthers are prone to frequent deception, for whatever reason. Probably because they can't provide anything truly convincing.
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If it is an emulsion film camera you probably won't cause any damage, unless the internal light meter gets too much sunlight.
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But if you're using a digital camera, you could damage it by overexposing it to the harmful effect of focused direct sunlight.
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Not to mention the damage you can do to your own eye if you're stupid enough to be looking through the viewfinder while filming the sun, even if you can't quite see the sun before sunrise.
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Re: How do Flat Earthers explain an Eclipse
« Reply #113 on: February 23, 2018, 02:47:57 PM »
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One thing to think about is how the near side of the moon has vast areas with very little crater deformation which means less evidence of asteroid impact compared to the far side of the moon. This implies that there have been many more times the impacts on the far side compared to the near side. And this makes a lot of sense when you consider that the near side of the moon has probably been PROTECTED by the presence of the earth nearby (240,000 miles is "nearby" astronomically speaking) because the gravitational pull of the earth has no doubt deflected many asteroids away from the moon or else has pulled them into collision with the earth instead of allowing them to proceed onward to hit the moon on the near side facing earth.
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This part is still under study by astronomers and astrophysicists:
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The near side of the moon has vast areas with very little crater deformation which means less evidence of asteroid impact compared to the far side of the moon. This implies that there have been many more times the impacts on the far side compared to the near side. And this makes a lot of sense when you consider that the near side of the moon has probably been PROTECTED by the presence of the earth nearby (240,000 miles is "nearby" astronomically speaking) because the gravitational pull of the earth has no doubt deflected many asteroids away from the moon or else has pulled them into collision with the earth instead of allowing them to proceed onward to hit the moon on the near side facing earth.
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Re: How do Flat Earthers explain an Eclipse
« Reply #114 on: February 23, 2018, 03:14:23 PM »
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Question (the title of this thread) How Do Flat-Earthers Explain an Eclipse?
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In reply, flat-earthers admit they have no explanation for a lunar eclipse.
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But they can't explain a solar eclipse, either, since their sun model and moon model are the same size, and usually during a solar eclipse the moon appears SMALLER than the sun, because annular eclipses are more common than total solar eclipses. If the sun and moon were the same size, then in order for the sun to appear larger than the moon, as it always does during an annular eclipse which is the more frequent kind, the moon would have to be BEHIND the sun (thereby making it appear smaller than the sun), but that is not what we see at all. During an annular eclipse the moon always passes in FRONT of the sun, never behind it.
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In any case, if the moon were to be behind the sun at ANY time and in front of it at other times, then it would only be a matter of time before the sun and moon smash into each other during a transition period, some day. But that hasn't happened, either.
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Going to do my best to be patient in spite of all the trolling here.

The sun and the moon are most likely the same size. This makes a SOLAR eclipse easily explained when you think about it. The moon goes in front of the sun.

What we flat earthers do not have an explanation for is a LUNAR eclipse. There is possibly a dark body in the sky. Or it is simply in the nature of the moon to do this every so often.

In any case, all the self complacent cynics wasting space on this forum should eat some humble pie when they realise they can't explain the apparition of objects which should be beyond the horizon. There is no curve folks. Mock us all you want, it wont make the curve appear.

http://flatearthtards.forumgaga.net/t17-objects-over-the-horizon-poofs

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As for eating humble pie, you ought to be paying better attention to the numerous posts showing the phenomenon of looming and refraction at the horizon caused by layers of different temperature especially over bodies of water where humidity varies greatly.
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The earth is not "flat," folks.