The Earth, she is a flat I tell ya. Solar Eclipse 2017

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Enter at your own risk. Sometimes it is better to be oblivious.

I found this particular one difficult to debunk about the upcoming Solar Eclipse... Anyone have any evidence or facts why this would NOT make sense?


https://youtu.be/sU97ZzdS7O8

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Here is another head scratcher.


https://youtu.be/acsPJ7zECM8

[j3brow]

The 1st video had me scratching my head too but easily debunked when searching around and putting some thought into it.

It all has to do with the distance from the moon to the earth and the relative size of the Sun versus the moon. Here is an answer found online. Watching the link below, one can see that the total eclipse path would be 2150 miles wide in close proximity to the moon but narrows as one gets farther and farther away from the moon. I suppose it also has something to do with the fact of how light interacts with spheres like the moon leading to the conical shaped shadow

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The Moon is definitely that wide (2150 miles), but please see the video we have posted a link to, at https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4579.
You see that the shadow of the Moon is actually a cone-shape, because the Sun is so much larger than the Moon. So, by the time that shadow gets to the Earth, its size has shrunk down to only about 70 miles wide.
This is a fact dictated by the laws of celestial mechanics.

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Originally Posted by j3brow

The 1st video had me scratching my head too but easily debunked when searching around and putting some thought into it.

It all has to do with the distance from the moon to the earth and the relative size of the Sun versus the moon. Here is an answer found online. Watching the link below, one can see that the total eclipse path would be 2150 miles wide in close proximity to the moon but narrows as one gets farther and farther away from the moon. I suppose it also has something to do with the fact of how light interacts with spheres like the moon leading to the conical shaped shadow

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The Moon is definitely that wide (2150 miles), but please see the video we have posted a link to, at https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4579.
You see that the shadow of the Moon is actually a cone-shape, because the Sun is so much larger than the Moon. So, by the time that shadow gets to the Earth, its size has shrunk down to only about 70 miles wide.
This is a fact dictated by the laws of celestial mechanics.

I have to say, I am not a huge follower of conspiracy theories per say, although some have merits for sure and many conspiracy theories have become facts throughout history so one can never simply discount these things... The flat earth theory, when I first heard of it a few years back made me burst out laughing at first but I am always curious and open minded. It's not so much the theory itself that usually interests me but the reason and logic or lack thereof behind them. What makes people question certain things? What are their facts and suspicions, and more importantly why do they think that way?

Be they political, scientific, health related, I will usually look into it. What I find odd about the Flat Earth theory is that once you dive deep, it truly is easier to explain some of the facts and physics as if the earth was flat rather than round but to understand why, one must really sort through a pile of these videos to get to the ones that truly make you wonder if perhaps there is something to it...

Af far as this particular video about the moon shadow during the eclipse, well, let's just say I dare anyone to experiment with a flashlight, a tennis ball and a basketball or similar objects and tell me if there is any way possible to get the shadow to be smaller than the object itself. It simply does not work they way we are supposed to believe it. Celestial mechanics... Yeah ok.

[edkoz]

Not sure about the flat earth theory but over the years I have met people who felt they were the center of the universe.
Ed

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Originally Posted by edkoz

Not sure about the flat earth theory but over the years I have met people who felt they were the center of the universe.
Ed

Best sirs,

Bob

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Who is Bill Kaysing?

Early history
Kaysing joined the United States Navy in 1940 as a midshipman. He attended officers training school, and the University of Southern California. In 1949, he received his Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of Redlands. He later worked for a time as a furniture maker.

AeroSpace Employment History
Kaysing began work as the senior technical writer at Rocketdyne, starting on February 13, 1956. On September 24, 1956, he became a service analyst; starting September 15, 1958, he worked as a service engineer; and starting on October 10, 1962, as a publications analyst. On May 31, 1963, he resigned for personal reasons.

Trained as neither an engineer nor a scientist, he nevertheless also served as the company's head of technical publications, during this time from 1956 to 1963 at Rocketdyne (a division of North American Aviation and later of Rockwell International) where Saturn V rocket engines were built.




What is Bill Kaysing saying about the Apollo Missions and landing on the moon?



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbysKQIrVdc

[Mikado463]

Washington Post ................that says it all ..........

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If you are not familiar with the Flat Earth Theory that seems to be gaining much steam, watch this. It may make you question certain things, it may make you laugh instead but at least you will see for yourself what the buzz is all about.


https://youtu.be/p7lDq4dOlIk

[GaryProtein]

The flat-earthers have used the coming eclipse to get notoriety, gone to great lengths and have had many intelligent (?) people come up with wild convincing (?) ideas that have left many scratching their heads.

It's just beyond me how people who can dream up these complex bogus concepts can be so dumb. . . . Do they really believe we live under an impenetrable dome and have a 150 foot tall ice wall preventing the oceans from spilling over the edge of the earth, or are they just being sarcastic?