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tinfoil hat timmy tinfoil hat timmy I was just outside watching some planes (well, technically I was watching lights moving through the sky and assumed they were attached to planes but I can’t actually prove that bit) flying from off in the distance towards me… roughly. I was watching them through some large (50’) trees. When they were way far off the lights were pretty low in the trees as the minutes rolled by the lights appeared higher in the trees. And when they finally flew directly overhead they were clearly thousands of feet above me. This makes sense in my round planet view. It’s fairly easy to visualize a ball with a fairly uniform band of atmosphere/sky around it and how due to the curvature of that band things off in the distance might appear lower in the sky than they actually are. And how it could seem relative to a yardstick (my trees) in close proximity to the viewer things are climbing when actually their altitude is constant. The math works on this as well.
So anyhow it got me to thinking… what is the sky/atmosphere like in the flat view concept?
Cylindrical? Or half a sphere?
 
Cap’n Smudge said:
tinfoil hat timmy tinfoil hat timmy I was just outside watching some planes (well, technically I was watching lights moving through the sky and assumed they were attached to planes but I can’t actually prove that bit) flying from off in the distance towards me… roughly. I was watching them through some large (50’) trees. When they were way far off the lights were pretty low in the trees as the minutes rolled by the lights appeared higher in the trees. And when they finally flew directly overhead they were clearly thousands of feet above me. This makes sense in my round planet view. It’s fairly easy to visualize a ball with a fairly uniform band of atmosphere/sky around it and how due to the curvature of that band things off in the distance might appear lower in the sky than they actually are. And how it could seem relative to a yardstick (my trees) in close proximity to the viewer things are climbing when actually their altitude is constant. The math works on this as well.
So anyhow it got me to thinking… what is the sky/atmosphere like in the flat view concept?
Cylindrical? Or half a sphere?
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well. theres a lot to unpack there.

basically perspective is why things far away look closer to the horizon.

have you ever looked down the street and the tops of the lights are closer to the ground th e further away you are from them? it's the same with trees and mountains and buildings. the closer you are the bigger they are.

it's the angular resolution of your eyes.

if the earth were a ball there would be a physical horizon that you couldnt see things behind.

heres a video.


as far as the ''sky view'' being cylindrical or half sphere I'd need you to elaborate.

also.... what math are you talking about?
 
Random thought

The streamlight wedge is the most carried and used flashlight I've ever owned

Accidently been through the washer and dryer 5 or 6 times and just keeps going!

I use it for checking paint coverage and metallics at work ... and use it for flashlight stuff any other time

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Not prefect , but excellently practical!
 
yoko said:
Random thought

The streamlight wedge is the most carried and used flashlight I've ever owned

Accidently been through the washer and dryer 5 or 6 times and just keeps going!

I use it for checking paint coverage and metallics at work ... and use it for flashlight stuff any other time

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Not prefect , but excellently practical!
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tinfoil hat timmy said:
if the earth were a ball there would be a physical horizon that you couldnt see things behind.
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You mean like how a ship far away on the ocean approaching you cannot be seen, but eventually you see sails “rising” out of the water but can’t see the ship they are attached to. And then after some time goes by more and more of the ship the sails are attached to appears to rise out of the water?


Edited to add: I couldn’t get your linked video to play.
And my previous post was made simply to add context to my question about the shape of the atmosphere/sky in the flat view.
 
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Cap’n Smudge said:
You mean like how a ship far away on the ocean approaching you cannot be seen, but eventually you see sails “rising” out of the water but can’t see the ship they are attached to. And then after some time goes by more and more of the ship the sails are attached to appears to rise out of the water?


Edited to add: I couldn’t get your linked video to play.
And my previous post was made simply to add context to my question about the shape of the atmosphere/sky in the flat view.
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I'll try and find a video explaining the boats. its perspective and angular resolution.
 
Cap’n Smudge said:
You mean like how a ship far away on the ocean approaching you cannot be seen, but eventually you see sails “rising” out of the water but can’t see the ship they are attached to. And then after some time goes by more and more of the ship the sails are attached to appears to rise out of the water?


Edited to add: I couldn’t get your linked video to play.
And my previous post was made simply to add context to my question about the shape of the atmosphere/sky in the flat view.
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eta one more try with this one.
 
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