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  1. Rory

    How can we explain perspective calculations simply?

    Perspective is difficult, both to understand and to explain. This was recently brought home to me listening to flat earthers Nathan Oakley and Anthony Riley attempt to explain this photo of mountains in Washington and Oregon: All decent analyses show that it aligns perfectly well with a globe...
  2. Rory

    Explained: How Mount Rainier helps demonstrate the shape of the globe

    Here is a lovely shot of mountains in Oregon and Washington taken from the summit of South Sister in January 2007: Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/rhane/372202821/in/photostream/ The summit of South Sister is recorded as being ~10,360 feet above sea level (plus or minus 3 feet...
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