Any sailors here? How can a 243ft. Lighthouse be visible 44 miles away?
(en-wikipedia-org.turbopages.org)
You're viewing a single comment thread. View all comments, or full comment thread.
Comments (42)
sorted by:
That is what you have been told and makes sense when you don't know any other possibilities
It's literally what I observe with my own eyes. And I questioned it, and tested both theories, but only one holds water. If I can falsify a theory based on my own observation and common sense I do.
Both theories? What was the second theory you tested?
One theory: Earth and Sun are sphere, therefore the sun sets.
Second theory: Your theory, the idea that the sun is just moving fair away while staying above the plane of the Earth.
Your theory is the one falsified by my observations of a sun set.