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Virgin Galactic proves the Earth is a sphere.

 
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Virgin Galactic proves the Earth is a sphere.


Absolutely stunning video from a rocketship launched from an Airplane and flown into space which clearly shows the curvature of the earth for even the dumbest flatearther to see.

No CGI involved and no space mice were harmed during this flight.

Pretty soon now that it has officially flown into space, it will be available for tourist flights.
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Re: Virgin Galactic proves the Earth is a sphere.
it's called a fish eye lens.

have you ever looked into camera optics?

they make special lenses that do not curve the image.
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Re: Virgin Galactic proves the Earth is a sphere.
high altitude footage

nice flat horizon btw
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Re: Virgin Galactic proves the Earth is a sphere.
Looks pretty flat to me.
No one has ever seen a perfect circle, nor a perfectly straight line, yet everyone knows what a circle and a straight line are.
Perceived circles or lines are not exactly circular or straight, and true circles and lines could never be detected since by definition they are sets of infinitely small points.
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Re: Virgin Galactic proves the Earth is a sphere.


Absolutely stunning video from a rocketship launched from an Airplane and flown into space which clearly shows the curvature of the earth for even the dumbest flatearther to see.

No CGI involved and no space mice were harmed during this flight.

Pretty soon now that it has officially flown into space, it will be available for tourist flights.
 Quoting: GORGLESNARGLE


1) that's not space, it's low earth orbit, high altitude.

2) it only shows selective shots that are curved, if you watch the entire video there are shots of a clear flat horizon, obviously it's a camera angle issue

3) no civilians will ever go to actual space, they will only go high altitude

4) wake me up when someone actually goes to space and I can see cell phone footage of earth shrinking as they move away from it
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Re: Virgin Galactic proves the Earth is a sphere.
Can you see the "Curve of the Earth" from 128,000 feet?
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Re: Virgin Galactic proves the Earth is a sphere.
Can you see the "Curve of the Earth" from 128,000 feet?
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Re: Virgin Galactic proves the Earth is a sphere.


Absolutely stunning video from a rocketship launched from an Airplane and flown into space which clearly shows the curvature of the earth for even the dumbest flatearther to see.

No CGI involved and no space mice were harmed during this flight.

Pretty soon now that it has officially flown into space, it will be available for tourist flights.
 Quoting: GORGLESNARGLE


That picture was taken with a fish eye lens.

C'mon man!
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Re: Virgin Galactic proves the Earth is a sphere.
Richard Branson is a huge con, he's been taking money from people for 17 years now for this virgin galactic shit and yet they just now successfully get to a high altitude?

What a rip off.

No wonder so many people hate the guy.
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Re: Virgin Galactic proves the Earth is a sphere.
The Greeks knew the Earth was a sphere over 2,000 years ago.

We know the truth and nothing will change the Flat Earthers minds.
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Re: Virgin Galactic proves the Earth is a sphere.
How much pollution was spewed into the atmosphere? But I'm supposed to 'reduce my carbon footprint'?

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Re: Virgin Galactic proves the Earth is a sphere.
The Greeks knew the Earth was a sphere over 2,000 years ago.

We know the truth and nothing will change the Flat Earthers minds.
 Quoting: jlee2027


proof?
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Re: Virgin Galactic proves the Earth is a sphere.
BS, it's a fisheye lens! It's a flat Earth!
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Re: Virgin Galactic proves the Earth is a sphere.
Im not a flat earther. But thats a fish eye lens.
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Re: Virgin Galactic proves the Earth is a sphere.
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.I really went into this with an open mind. I says to myself, ok, let’s see this proof....

Lol...

This SCHLEP said PROOF! HAHAHAHA!!!

You said curvature, but cannot recognize the fact a fish eye lens is causing the distortion(curvature)

Or

That if that was the curvature, he can not recognize how wrong the size of the continents are below him. That alone shows the ‘starship’ is actually much lower than claimed.

You space fanbois will believe any’thing!! Lol.....
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Re: Virgin Galactic proves the Earth is a sphere.
it's called a fish eye lens.

have you ever looked into camera optics?

they make special lenses that do not curve the image.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 51013017


Here's why you are wrong:

A fisheye lens bends light meaning there cannot be any straight lines visible in the video and yet they are all over the place.

The only answer is that it is not a fish eyed lens but is a standard video camera or a go-pro.
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Re: Virgin Galactic proves the Earth is a sphere.
Fish eyed lens.

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Re: Virgin Galactic proves the Earth is a sphere.
The Greeks knew the Earth was a sphere over 2,000 years ago.

We know the truth and nothing will change the Flat Earthers minds.
 Quoting: jlee2027


proof?
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Re: Virgin Galactic proves the Earth is a sphere.
it's called a fish eye lens.

have you ever looked into camera optics?

they make special lenses that do not curve the image.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 51013017


Here's why you are wrong:

A fisheye lens bends light meaning there cannot be any straight lines visible in the video and yet they are all over the place.

The only answer is that it is not a fish eyed lens but is a standard video camera or a go-pro.
 Quoting: GORGLESNARGLE


Ha ha ya right!

chuckle
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Re: Virgin Galactic proves the Earth is a sphere.
it's called a fish eye lens.

have you ever looked into camera optics?

they make special lenses that do not curve the image.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 51013017


Fuck you, dummy.
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Re: Virgin Galactic proves the Earth is a sphere.
it's called a fish eye lens.

have you ever looked into camera optics?

they make special lenses that do not curve the image.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 51013017


Here's why you are wrong:

A fisheye lens bends light meaning there cannot be any straight lines visible in the video and yet they are all over the place.

The only answer is that it is not a fish eyed lens but is a standard video camera or a go-pro.
 Quoting: GORGLESNARGLE


no, that's not how it works

it doesn't bend every line, just the ones near the edge, depending on the angle
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Re: Virgin Galactic proves the Earth is a sphere.
it's called a fish eye lens.

have you ever looked into camera optics?

they make special lenses that do not curve the image.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 51013017


Here's why you are wrong:

A fisheye lens bends light meaning there cannot be any straight lines visible in the video and yet they are all over the place.

The only answer is that it is not a fish eyed lens but is a standard video camera or a go-pro.
 Quoting: GORGLESNARGLE


No, the point is a fish eye lens is calibrated so the center of the image is straight and the edges can not be.

That's why there is a curve.
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Re: Virgin Galactic proves the Earth is a sphere.
The Greeks knew the Earth was a sphere over 2,000 years ago.

We know the truth and nothing will change the Flat Earthers minds.
 Quoting: jlee2027


proof?
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 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 79864016


no proof in that video that "greeks KNEW the earth was a sphere"

only stories about certain people who had theories, no way to prove if they actual existed
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Re: Virgin Galactic proves the Earth is a sphere.
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.I really went into this with an open mind. I says to myself, ok, let’s see this proof....

Lol...

This SCHLEP said PROOF! HAHAHAHA!!!

You said curvature, but cannot recognize the fact a fish eye lens is causing the distortion(curvature)

Or

That if that was the curvature, he can not recognize how wrong the size of the continents are below him. That alone shows the ‘starship’ is actually much lower than claimed.

You space fanbois will believe any’thing!! Lol.....
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 37645337


The lens flare of the sun off the polished body of the spacecraft is a straight line.

But wait there is more...

This is repeated in several different directions therefore no fish eyed lens was used since Fish Eyed lens always curve the image they capture.
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Re: Virgin Galactic proves the Earth is a sphere.
Eye of the fish.
Major facepalm OP.
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Re: Virgin Galactic proves the Earth is a sphere.
The Greeks knew the Earth was a sphere over 2,000 years ago.

We know the truth and nothing will change the Flat Earthers minds.
 Quoting: jlee2027


they theorized. they didn't "know".

Nimrod.
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Re: Virgin Galactic proves the Earth is a sphere.
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.I really went into this with an open mind. I says to myself, ok, let’s see this proof....

Lol...

This SCHLEP said PROOF! HAHAHAHA!!!

You said curvature, but cannot recognize the fact a fish eye lens is causing the distortion(curvature)

Or

That if that was the curvature, he can not recognize how wrong the size of the continents are below him. That alone shows the ‘starship’ is actually much lower than claimed.

You space fanbois will believe any’thing!! Lol.....
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 37645337


The lens flare of the sun off the polished body of the spacecraft is a straight line.

But wait there is more...

This is repeated in several different directions therefore no fish eyed lens was used since Fish Eyed lens always curve the image they capture.
 Quoting: GORGLESNARGLE


thats just not true

it doesn't curve every part of the image
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Re: Virgin Galactic proves the Earth is a sphere.
The real and easiest proof is in the time it takes a Vendee Globe sail boat to circumnavigate Antarctica.

If the flat Earther map was true, the journey would take around 6 months I think.

But they do it in around 20 days. Typing the times by memory, but the point is, the sailboats have a well understood speed and making the much longer journey of a flat Earth map, in the times they post would be impossible.

But it doesn't matter how much proof you show them. They just shove their fingers in their ears and go La La La. :)

Last Edited by JustmeTX on 05/22/2021 10:07 PM
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Re: Virgin Galactic proves the Earth is a sphere.
Fat earthers can't handle the truth of the earth being spherical!
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Re: Virgin Galactic proves the Earth is a sphere.
The Earth is obviously a sphere but to be fair, I've run ths simulations/animations and you would need to be about 100+ miles above the surface to even perceive a curve at all.

Try it for yourself sometime.

Anyone that thinks they can see it from high altitude is just being fooled by 3-point perpective.

At the outside edges of the periphery the orthagonal lines get blown out like a fisheye lens even with the naked eye.

Lines below and above the horizon appear to curve away from it, most notably outside our foveated cone of vision.
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Re: Virgin Galactic proves the Earth is a sphere.
What kind of stupid fuck stupid billionaire fuck would ever name his company virgin? Why not frigid. Why not Asexual Galactic.

Just from the name, you know that douchebag will fail every time.





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