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Post by mickeyobe on Feb 6, 2007 13:01:31 GMT -5
Ron,
I thought I must be wrong but then I tried a straight edge. Sure enough the horizon sags in the middle.
I also tried the straightedge on some of the horizontal lines on this site. They are straight so it is not my monitor.
Could Lake Ontario be going down the drain?
Mickey
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Post by kiev4a on Feb 6, 2007 13:09:43 GMT -5
57 degrees here Monday. It's only supposed to get to the low 50s today. May have to shed my jacket for my noon walk.
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Post by herron on Feb 6, 2007 22:27:24 GMT -5
Ron, I thought I must be wrong but then I tried a straight edge. Sure enough the horizon sags in the middle. I also tried the straightedge on some of the horizontal lines on this site. They are straight so it is not my monitor. Could Lake Ontario be going down the drain? Mickey Doubt it. Must have the hiccups. Now that I check them again, it looks positively convex in "Sunny Day at the Beach"  |
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Post by mickeyobe on Feb 7, 2007 13:45:59 GMT -5
My trusty straightedge confirms the horizon in "Sunny Day...." is convex.
But that is not unusual if you look at a wide expanse of lake or ocean on a calm day you can see that curvature.
Mickey
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Post by herron on Feb 7, 2007 13:51:38 GMT -5
Concave in the horizontal shot, convex in the vertical. Gotta ask our friend Gene about the lens he was using! |
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Post by GeneW on Feb 7, 2007 15:59:44 GMT -5
Concave in the horizontal shot, convex in the vertical. Gotta ask our friend Gene about the lens he was using! I shouldn't have gone to the pub first ...  The lens was a Tamron 28-200 AF zoom. Gene |
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Post by herron on Feb 7, 2007 17:33:58 GMT -5
Concave in the horizontal shot, convex in the vertical. Gotta ask our friend Gene about the lens he was using! I shouldn't have gone to the pub first ... The lens was a Tamron 28-200 AF zoom. Gene No...don't go that far! Concave and convex can be nice. So can the pub! |
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Post by paulatukcamera on Feb 8, 2007 6:27:42 GMT -5
It is just proof once more of a flat earth!
Once you get away from these studio shots of outer space from Nasa, you'd realise that the earth is, after all, saucer shaped.
It stops you falling off the edge and joining the elephants who hold it up.
Oh yes ................. and I nearly forgot the turtle!
Paul
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Post by mickeyobe on Feb 8, 2007 10:51:04 GMT -5
Elephants and a turtle!
Live and learn.
I always thought it was Charles Atlas the former 98 lb. weakling.
Mickey
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Post by paulatukcamera on Feb 8, 2007 11:38:30 GMT -5
I read it in a book Mickey, so it must be true:
"Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels are set on a flat, disc-shaped world resting on the backs of four huge elephants which are in turn standing on the back of an enormous turtle. "
(from Wikipedia)
Simple test for all of you:
If you are in the UK and intend to emigrate to Australia the cheap way!
Take your spade out and start digging! Now if you believe in a "Round Earth" (Laughable, I know!) you would come out feet first! So how come the Australians are walking round the "other way up?"
Paul
(Just off to take a picture of the turtle)
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Post by herron on Feb 8, 2007 11:40:37 GMT -5
LOL!! ;D They must all have been in the same pub! I forget, which one was pink? The elephant?
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Post by John Parry on Feb 8, 2007 16:56:35 GMT -5
Aaaah - but when you think of all those pictures of Earth taken from space, the Earth is always flat as a pancake. It has to be true! The turtle is just allergic to cameras!
Regards - John
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