Message from @The Big Gambino
Discord ID: 570416367145320451
why not east
east is perpendicular to north
and that's the direction i'm always going
becuase i cant look at the sunrise east at the equator and look east at the latitude line
so if i do this at 20 deg N, the compass wouldn't read east?
i cant say for certain but im pretty sure it wouldnt
do you know how a compass works?
how can east be 2 different directions
i'ts not
it's perpendicular to north
which is at the north pole, pretty much
if i look east at the sunrise on an equinox im not following a line of latitude
sure you are
you're looking parallel to a line of latitude
the sun isn't on the surface of teh earth though, so the question doesn't make much sense
yeah i know
id love to see this done with someone who owns a plane
how would taht accomplish anything
that's off teh ground you'd get all turned around
yeah idk
then the lines you have drawn in that image aren't along an eastward path
they START pointing that way, but then they turn
idk
u could be right idk
what if u arent right
well you already do know
b/c you know that a compass points north right
yes
and east is defined based on taht
so there you already know
do u see where im having a problem with the equinox and it being east for everyone
yes
and i'm trying to explain where east is
you have to imagine that the sun is really far out
and the size of teh earth is negligible compared to that distance
ive seen sly sparkanes fake earth and sun and ive seen jeranism do it on google earth
the google earth one made more sense to me
how about this one:
ya the google earth one, i've just shown you where your misunderstandign it