Light doesn’t bend, calm water is flat. CHALLENGE at a lake put a stable laser dot (firmly attached to the shore) SHOOTING onto a poster attached to a boat, k? The boat is on calm water, no waves (like early morning on a lake) If the earth is flat the laser dot will not rise above the point it was originally pointed at as the boat travels farther and farther away from the shore. If the laser rises then there is a curvature to the strait shot land/water between the boat and the laser.
Any thought on this experiment, pretty simple way to prove your theory on a lack of curvature over a large distance, hell you could sail that boat pretty far and still see a laser dot. And if the earth is flat then the laser dot will not rise above the level of where it was pointing originally.
What do you think? This would prove to me the earth is flat, as it is repeatable direct empirical evidence!
Problem?
Light bends all the time as it passes through air. That's why stars twinkle. That's why the road a mile ahead looks like water on a hot day!
It certainly wouldn’t bend it up or down it would just be diffracted in all directions to the original vector of travel.
As for the water on pavement, this is a very different phenomenon known as a inferior mirage, the explanation of how this happens first was explained by French mathematician Pierre de Fermat, who stated that the reason the light travels along these funny lines is due to temperature being higher and air density being lower at the level of the road. Without much thought this is not applicable to proper experimental conditions such as on a calm cold night on a lake with no warm temperature gradient at the surface. You see how this mirage example and the star light diffraction example is not relatable to this experiment?
What is whrong with this experiment, criticism is encouraged, please explain yours elf. It may prove you right that the earth is flat!!!
Light doesn’t bend, calm water is flat. CHALLENGE at a lake put a stable laser dot (firmly attached to the shore) SHOOTING onto a poster attached to a boat, k? The boat is on calm water, no waves (like early morning on a lake) If the earth is flat the laser dot will not rise above the point it was originally pointed at as the boat travels farther and farther away from the shore. If the laser rises then there is a curvature to the strait shot land/water between the boat and the laser. Any thought on this experiment, pretty simple way to prove your theory on a lack of curvature over a large distance, hell you could sail that boat pretty far and still see a laser dot. And if the earth is flat then the laser dot will not rise above the level of where it was pointing originally. What do you think? This would prove to me the earth is flat, as it is repeatable direct empirical evidence!
Problem? Light bends all the time as it passes through air. That's why stars twinkle. That's why the road a mile ahead looks like water on a hot day!
It certainly wouldn’t bend it up or down it would just be diffracted in all directions to the original vector of travel. As for the water on pavement, this is a very different phenomenon known as a inferior mirage, the explanation of how this happens first was explained by French mathematician Pierre de Fermat, who stated that the reason the light travels along these funny lines is due to temperature being higher and air density being lower at the level of the road. Without much thought this is not applicable to proper experimental conditions such as on a calm cold night on a lake with no warm temperature gradient at the surface. You see how this mirage example and the star light diffraction example is not relatable to this experiment?
What is whrong with this experiment, criticism is encouraged, please explain yours elf. It may prove you right that the earth is flat!!!