Honest question for FE's:
How is it possible that in June's solstice people in the north coasts of Alaska, Canada, Iceland, Finland and Russia can all see the sun at the same time, circling 360° just above the horizon? Can anyone draw a sketch to explain this phenomenon?
On the FE model, the North Pole area is actually a very small region, and there's no issue. Where the question comes in is with the "South Pole". According to the FE hypothesis, Antarctica is actually a ring around the rest of the earth, an ice wall that keeps the oceans contained. If the prevailing FE model is correct, there can't be a 24-hour sun the same way as there would be in the North. Videos that claim to show the 24-hour sun from Antarctica have been proven to be doctored, with either portions of them clipped out or where the identical clouds are seen at the beginning and the end of an alleged circuit while watching the sun.
Bottom line, however, is that one of the world long-distance photographs shows a light-house that's about 150 feet above the ocean from over 200 miles away. These photos were not taken by flat earthers, but by photographers who had no agenda. If you do the math for the "globe", it should have been hidden by many miles of "curvature". So, the only comeback the globe-earthers have is this magical concept of "refraction". But refraction is absolutely impossible over 200+ miles. This would mean that absolutely every portion of the 200 miles would have to have the exact rate of refraction. If any stretches refracted just a bit less, then they would block your view to the ultimate target. If any stretches refracted just a bit more, it would refract everything upward out of view. So you would need a perfectly consistent rate of refraction over 200 miles, which is statistically impossible. Also, Dr. John D has done two-way laser experiments, in public, livestreamed, with observers on site, where if refraction were responsible, due to a constantly increasing density along the path, then on the way back there would be constantly decreasing density, and thus the light would be refracted up even further out of view than it would be without refraction. Refraction is Dead on Arrival as convenient
deus ex machina explanation for these phenomena. Not to mention that refraction would cause images to be distorted, blurry, often upside down, etc. If someone were to posit some force that somehow bent light directly around the globe, such as the earth's electromagnetic charge, I would be open to it. But refraction is utter garbage as an "explanation" for the FE phenomenon.
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