How does the climate work on a flat earth? Why does it get colder the further north or south or up you go?
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I live on a boat and have good vision, binoculars, radar and AIS.
In man overboard drills, we can see a person (a head) in the water up to around 3 miles out. Anything beyond that range is impossible even with Stabilized binoculars. We know where the person is because of AIS.
The same thing is true with a sailboat. It varies with the height of sails and radar. If there is a radar reflector high on the mast of the sailboat, radar can see it around 25 miles away. As the Sailboat approaches I can sometimes see the top of the sail in the 18 miles range and the top of the Sail boat itself in the ~9 mile range.
The above proves that the earths oceans surface is curved.
I have no idea where you have gotten your 'idea' that objects that have dropped below the horizon, can be seen simply by increasing the magnification. It isn't true.
Now answer my question, how high are the moon, Sun and Stars and how fast are they moving?
If we lived on a flat plane, we could see anyone anywhere with a telescope.
If you went to the top of a mountain you would be able to see across all the oceans and see all of the mountains and cities of the world.
Why don't you climb a tall mountain on a coastal area with a telescope and tell us what cities and mountains you see on the other side of the ocean? And don't say you can't see that far, you can see the Moon and the Sun and Stars can't you? (without a telescope)
So again, How high up are the Sun, the Moon and the Stars?
When Flying I can see items hundreds of miles away with the naked eye. If I flew higher I could see further and that is over a curved earth.
How high is the Moon above the Earth?