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>People claim that if the Earth were flat, they should be able to use a telescope and see clear across the oceans!

This is absurd, however, as the air is full of precipitation especially over the oceans, and especially at the lowest, densest layer of atmosphere is NOT transparent.

Picture the blurry haze over roads on hot, humid days. Even the best telescope will blur out long before you could see across an ocean.

You can, however, use a telescope to zoom in MUCH more of our flat Earth than would be possible on a ball 25,000 miles in circumference.