• Question: What proof is there that the world's not flat?

    Asked by anon-248497 to Zoya, Tom, Stacey, Laura, James, Connor on 13 Mar 2020.
    • Photo: Stacey New

      Stacey New answered on 13 Mar 2020:


      I would start by Googling “International Space Station photos”. Take a look at at some of the amazing photos from the space station, you can definitely tell the earth isn’t flat from those!

    • Photo: James Lees

      James Lees answered on 15 Mar 2020:


      Oh boy, strap in because there is a lot.

      – Gravity
      – Relativity
      – Motion of Moon
      – Motion of Sun
      – Motion of Other Planets
      – Shadows
      – Seeing further from higher
      – ISS Photos
      – Photos from the Moon
      – Time Zones
      – The Horizon
      – Plane Flight Paths
      – All the other planets are round

      We have also proved it with literally thousands of experiments and the fact that we need to take the Earth’s roundness into account for thousands more (if you do anything with lasers it can be needed) shows that it is definitely round.

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