/sci/ - Science & Math

>>10197569
Oh, the sun is 93 million miles away then.

Thanks, I understand now.

>>10067230
93 million miles away light, lighting up the whole horizon evenly?

>>10042195
Good observation. You will also notice the light won't disappear all at once, rather it follows the sun as it gets further away and doesn't take up the whole width of the horizon, which it would if 93 million miles away.

>>9654798

You can get the same effect much more clearly by zooming into a "setting" sun: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oBmNe13AVE

>Air density changed far more due to temperature than an elevation change of six feet. So, does that means you can look out the window on a cold winter day and see a blurry world. Also, there is no terrain blocking the sun over the ocean if someone is watching the sun set on the beach.

The densest gases are going to settle on the surfaces of the earth. The oceans not only have these dense gases on top of them but also water vapour and other gases at the bottom of the oceans rising out of them into the atmosphere. So there's a mix of things that light has to pass through at that level.

In terms of terrain blocking things, the flat model requires all bodies of water to be contained as curving water is impossible, so the further away the sun gets the more likely it will be blocked by the water's container.

>>9646081

Says the globe cultist. The evidence is on my side. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oBmNe13AVE

>>9595752

Because the sun is much closer than 93 millions miles away, it acts like a kind of spotlight as it moves around the earth, lighting up only a portion at a time. As it gets further away it moves down to the horizon and disappears taking the light with it. This is due to the atmosphere acting like a curtain, light cannot travel forever through and the more atmosphere it has to travel through, the less visible it will become to the observer.

>>9560823

Does it look like the sun is moving due to earth's rotation?

>>9560862

Hush it, NASA cuck.

>>9544331

Supporting evidence.

>>9505481
>doesn't understand how perspective works
>thinks (visible) light travels forever in an atmosphere

When you look out at sea, you see the water and the sky meet at the horizon line, but the sky is not lower than you, it's just your perspective forcing things into the distance to converge at a central point equal to your eye level.

With this in mind, imagine a local sun that can only light up a certain portion of the earth at once, and as it moves around the earth, it will appear to get smaller and disappear to some people, and will appear to get larger and rise as it gets closer to other people.

>>9497717

It's not just the top you're seeing (unless it's behind terrain/buildings. The sun gets smaller as it moves further away (and bigger as it gets closer).