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I just thought I'd have a little play with that notion. I took the peaks from the South Sister, Front Range, and Snowmass photos, and plotted a graph of distances against errors: There may be something there. That's 46 mountain peaks in total, and pretty much all the peaks returning the...

I know I said I was done with this, but due to the overwhelming response, and continued demand/clamour for more of these, I figure one more wouldn't hurt. This one is a shot from South Sister in Oregon, looking north into Washington. It's a good one because there's a nice variety of distances...

Oh, you know - that's the way some people think: that the whole thing's been set up for centuries (and, yes, somehow by NASA).

It does also seem that flat earthers don't seem to be bothered too much about southern hemisphere flights anymore, nor the Antarctic. Probably because they realised there was no way they could win that battle, even in the fantasy realm, so they just left it alone. Or maybe that's just my...

Here's an image of the moon being illuminated by earthshine during a 2008 eclipse in China, taken before the advent of people who thought the moon wasn't really the moon. http://www.skyandtelescope.com/online-gallery/earthshine-during-the-2008-total-solar-eclipse/ Shows you just how on the...

I wouldn't say so. The photographer there is barely any distance above the water - probably you'd need to be at least a hundred feet or more in elevation, with a good, clear shot of the horizon, and something suitable to measure it. There's not really anything in that picture to use as a gauge.

Hi Jon, glad to see you here, as I did think your original video was an interesting one, and it inspired me to look at other mountain ranges in the same sort of way. I made a thread on that, which you might find interesting: you can check it out here. Now looking at what you wrote above... 1...

I'm not quite sure what you mean by "drop"? Or why it should be zero? Also, to clarify, it's not so much about measurements at "sea level" - for example, doing calculations for a view across a high elevation mountain lake, you'd want to know the height above the water, rather than above sea...

1.73. I scored pretty high on the "science is hiding stuff from you" section (3.33) - I was also thinking about oil companies/lobbyists, etc vs electric cars. Also feel the questions are open to a lot of interpretation. For example: 1. The government is involved in the murder of innocent...

Interesting to learn that the "far side" wasn't called the "dark side" because it was turned away from us, but because we didn't know anything about it.

Not the dark side. It's the new moon. Am I right in thinking that during a solar eclipse is the only time we're able to see the new moon?

Tiger Woods? Retief Goosen? Laurie Auchterlonie? Virginia Wade? There are literally millions of them! How will we ever guess? ;)

I imagine he probably meant "Don't ask DJC."

And for those who don't believe in space? How can they resolve their confusion? ;) Case in point: that Hare Krishna page I linked to earlier has proved to be a surprising source of anti-science diatribe. I honestly expected more of our enlightened Eastern cousins. But, alas, it's as anti-NASA...

And do they explain why being higher helps them see further?

Beautiful pic, great find. What's the bright light on the left?

World famous Patricia Steere of 'Flat Earth and Other Potatoes' has a pretty logical and straightforward theory: "The sun and moon may work as a cathode and anode, or, better said, a positive and negative relationship. They work in synergy. Perhaps when we have a solar eclipse the moon is moving...

Just go to youtube, search for "flat earth eclipse", get comfy, and knock yourself out. If you can find even one video that makes the slightest bit of sense, I will personally pay for every flat earther to join me in Chile for the next one in July 2019. ;)

Isn't distance a factor in how bright something will appear? Therefore, a brighter light further away will produce the same effect as a less bright light that is closer. In a nutshell, it won't make any difference for the purpose of the demonstration. :)

Jon McIntyre, the creator of the video in the OP which claimed to be proof of a flat earth, has recently uploaded another video in which he looks at mountains in Oregon and Washington using the same technique. This time, however, he concludes that the earth is a globe (from 23:55). Proof...