Message from @Citizen Z
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Yes because its the parabolic drop we are measuring
Binoculars are more reliable
Where was this?
Not a horizontal curve
you can do that too
Digging 3 holes?
Digging holes?
Sounds advanced
Its really not
(Digs three holes)
There is your curve everyone! Go home and keep hugging your globes!
What's this?
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No, you just have to dig it. Its the same effect you get by measuring shadow length, but the sticks seem easier, imo
I dont see how that can be faked
You like my hair? Gee, thanks, just bought it
I would ask for the source but...
but if you have access to a balloon and some helium, you could observe the curve by raising and lowering it from across a lake
As I always say you really don't need to go into so much detail with this stuff
Just one argument and that's all
Optics!
.02 degrees is the angular resolution of the eye
He used a camera
Cameras work the same. Derp
The are a lens!
they have the same resolution of the eye
who told you that
They have angular resolution
Citizens right
yes, but its improved, its not the same as the eye
Once the angular resolution hits a certain degree, the object(s) become unresolvable
Its optics
Read James Gibson. 1952.
But thats not what happened in the video. He raised a balloon up til he could see it across the lake with his naked eye. Then when he zoomed in with the camera, it was still just above the horizon with his camera zooming in all the way too it. I think he said it was 10 miles away, and it was attached to at least 25 feet of string, which wasnt seen by the camera or his eye.