True Earth 101: Curvature

A mirror has to be flat to give a true reflection.  We often see crystal clear perfect reflections in bodies of water.  That means this water must be flat.  For the globe model to be true, bodies of water must curve.

Microwave communications happen over distances that should be blocked by the curve of the earth, if the earth were really curved.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJenY3zKWLs

 

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Photoshopped NASA Images

Hopefully I can explain what I'm looking at here.  This is an image I took from NASA's website.  People think they are looking at a beautiful photo from space.

nasa.gov image

 

So I took a measurement of the distance across Mexico near Mexico City that you can pick out on this globe image.  Measurements on google maps match up with what we measure on our cars.