Empirical Earth · The Boomerangs — Flat-Earth Proofs That Backfire

“You can see too far for a globe”

The claim

“You can photograph Chicago ~50 miles away; curvature should hide it.”

What is measured

From Michigan you see only the tops of Chicago’s towers (bases hidden) at ~85 km. The full skyline is a superior mirage. Both confirm the curve. More on refraction and the curve.

What would show this is wrong

a distant object’s full height, base included, visible under steady, non-refractive air from beyond its geometric horizon.

Sources

  1. Terrestrial refraction & looming (long-distance sightings). Over water only a tall object’s top clears the horizon while its base is hidden by curvature; dramatic full-skyline views (e.g. Ch link
  2. Long sightlines need height at both ends, not flatness. Corsica’s Monte Cinto rises 8,878 ft with a computed panorama reaching mainland Europe; tall peaks and lights clear the horizon at gre link
  3. Flat Earth and refraction with oil platforms Hillhouse and Habitat (Metabunk). Mick West added the two rigs to his refraction simulator to demonstrate that refraction cannot make a flat Eart link
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