This is really one of the unusual places around the world where the Earths curvature is perceptible with great optics, although you can clearly see it with the naked eye.
Mick West discussed over at Metabunk whats going on with the curvature effect of the Pontchartrain transmission lines.
” A timeless experiment to show the curvature of a body of water is to position markers (like flags) a repaired range above the water in a straight line, and after that view them along that line in a telescope. If the water surface is flat then the markers will appear likewise in a straight line. If the surface of the water is curved (as it is here on Earth) then the markers in the middle will appear greater than the markers at the ends.”
” The line of power lines is straight, and they are all the very same size and the exact same height above the water. They are also extremely high and form a straight line almost 16 miles long. Far better than any experiment one might establish on a lake or a canal. You just require to enter a position where you can see along the line of towers, and after that utilize an effective zoom lense to look along the line to make any curve apparent.”
Credit: Soundly.
Soundly bewared to tape photos and videos from numerous viewpoints, and they all reveal the exact same thing: the transmission lines are curving. Just as anybody with a practical understanding of nature and science already anticipates.
Naturally, not everyone was convinced as hilarity ensued in the comment area of Soundlys videos, who by the method has dozens of videos unmasking flat-earth nonsense.
In a sense, these are textbook examples of established dogmatic thinking: persistent in the face of any realities or evidence you present. And while flat-earthers are, in a sense, harmless, the exact same cant be said about another really comparable sort of denialist– the environment change denier or the ideologically-brainwashed goof who constructs his life worths and objectives based on what a party says ought to be true.
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” A timeless experiment to show the curvature of a body of water is to put markers (like flags) a repaired range above the water in a straight line, and then view them along that line in a telescope. If the water surface area is flat then the markers will appear also in a straight line. They are likewise extremely high and form a straight line nearly 16 miles long. You just need to get into a position where you can see along the line of towers, and then utilize an effective zoom lense to look along the line to make any curve evident.”
Credit: Soundly, Meta Bunk.
Its mind-boggling that some individuals are still discussing whether the Earth is flat or not. Preferably, such pseudo-science rubbish shouldnt even be gone over– were simply dignifying an unreasonable concept, providing the impression that theres maybe a twinkle of truth to this Middle Age thinking. One video blog writer made such an elegant presentation of the curvature of the Earth that it benefits showcasing here just for the sake of science itself.
Peacefully was driving on Interstate 10 when he went by the Lake Pontchartrain transmission lines in Southeast Louisiana and decided to make a live stream with the beautiful sight. Using a telephoto lens, Soundly showed how the causeway and transmission lines discuss the horizon much like ships.