It mostly proves that our orbit is elliptic, and that our axis of rotation is tilted.
And now I wonder if an analemma could still be seen on a flat Earth.
jtruitt8833 on
Actually, NASA hacked your camera. Obviously
Avaraz on
You were simply behind that roof with a 3k lumen ginormous flashlight, slowly changing the angle from which you shone the flashlight, just to try to get us to trust your nonsensical “round earth” theory..
>!/s obviously!<
Haventyouheard3 on
I’m a physics student. This is simply one more piece of evidence that agrees with our models of the solar system.
It is, however, impossible to argue against a flat earther using this because even they don’t know wtf is going on in their model.
edit: not a studeent, I’m a graduate now.
daygloviking on
Awesome analemma that doesn’t need a special filter on the camera! Noice!
sancho_sk on
This timelapse is such a cool idea! Thanks for the inspiration 🙂
Dude-88 on
you will never convince a flat earther…even when he’s in Elons musk’s space craft looking down at the planet they’d say that it’s a circle, not a sphere
Citrus_In_Space on
It’s so cool finding neat science in mundane things.
creaturefeature16 on
They’ll just say the “flat earth wobbles slightly as it floats in space”.
mapoftasmania on
Actually, if the sun’s position moved in with the seasons in this exact pattern, then the earth could be flat. To prove the earth is round you need to compare this with the pattern made in another location a significant distance away, to show that it’s different.
airplanez4life on
Nahhh OP stopped it cuz the straight line was about to form but he cut it off before it got there. I was there when it happened I was the roof
cryptotope on
That’s extremely cool – the shadow of an analemma – and I love that someone put this together.
But the headline is a bit silly; the video doesn’t prove the Earth isn’t flat. It just shows the the Sun’s orbit around the Earth isn’t perfectly circular–or maybe that the flat Earth wobbles a bit. Someone willfully embracing a stupid idea isn’t going to abandon it because of some elegant geometry.
pleasewastemytime on
Is there a way to estimate the latitude these pics were taken?
F1McLarenFan007 on
Don’t start with that science witchcraft Sonny!!!
megamanxc1 on
You forgot the one rule when arguing with stupid, they’re not gonna change their minds because they don’t/can’t understand your evidence.
JellyPast1522 on
Hey!, look at Copernicus over here!! 😂
z3n777 on
Very cool
Dazeuh on
anything that doesnt confirm my bias is ai or staged
rabbidplatypus21 on
I 100% believe that the Earth is a globe. Hell, “believe” isn’t even the right word. Earth is a fucking globe. Fact.
But that said…I’m too dumb to understand why this proves the Earth is round. Can someone enlighten me?
Floppy-Over-Drive on
I can hear the King of the Hill theme song.
PepeSylvia11 on
We also have thousands of pictures of our not-flat planet as proof too
Me_like_weed on
Fantastic proof of our eliptical orbit and axis of rotation
Bigchunky_Boy on
That proves nothing . I have done my research. Don’t try to trick us with tech we know what’s up .
Big foot and I are going on a trip to the edge tomorrow so there .
PonasSumushtinis on
I am dissapointed that this video didn’t had King of the hill opening. This video was perfect gor it.
oasis48 on
I know this wasn’t the intended purpose of this video but people need to stop even bothering to try to convince flat earthers. I mean seriously, like a science video of shadows is going to persuade them when they ignore all of reality.
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Flat Earthers be like, That’s just a really convincing pancake.
If you still need proof of this in 2025 you’re simply a moron.
Wtf does the pavement move?
Very cool demonstration.
Nice! An [analemma](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analemma).
It mostly proves that our orbit is elliptic, and that our axis of rotation is tilted.
And now I wonder if an analemma could still be seen on a flat Earth.
Actually, NASA hacked your camera. Obviously
You were simply behind that roof with a 3k lumen ginormous flashlight, slowly changing the angle from which you shone the flashlight, just to try to get us to trust your nonsensical “round earth” theory..
>!/s obviously!<
I’m a physics student. This is simply one more piece of evidence that agrees with our models of the solar system.
It is, however, impossible to argue against a flat earther using this because even they don’t know wtf is going on in their model.
edit: not a studeent, I’m a graduate now.
Awesome analemma that doesn’t need a special filter on the camera! Noice!
This timelapse is such a cool idea! Thanks for the inspiration 🙂
you will never convince a flat earther…even when he’s in Elons musk’s space craft looking down at the planet they’d say that it’s a circle, not a sphere
It’s so cool finding neat science in mundane things.
They’ll just say the “flat earth wobbles slightly as it floats in space”.
Actually, if the sun’s position moved in with the seasons in this exact pattern, then the earth could be flat. To prove the earth is round you need to compare this with the pattern made in another location a significant distance away, to show that it’s different.
Nahhh OP stopped it cuz the straight line was about to form but he cut it off before it got there. I was there when it happened I was the roof
That’s extremely cool – the shadow of an analemma – and I love that someone put this together.
But the headline is a bit silly; the video doesn’t prove the Earth isn’t flat. It just shows the the Sun’s orbit around the Earth isn’t perfectly circular–or maybe that the flat Earth wobbles a bit. Someone willfully embracing a stupid idea isn’t going to abandon it because of some elegant geometry.
Is there a way to estimate the latitude these pics were taken?
Don’t start with that science witchcraft Sonny!!!
You forgot the one rule when arguing with stupid, they’re not gonna change their minds because they don’t/can’t understand your evidence.
Hey!, look at Copernicus over here!! 😂
Very cool
anything that doesnt confirm my bias is ai or staged
I 100% believe that the Earth is a globe. Hell, “believe” isn’t even the right word. Earth is a fucking globe. Fact.
But that said…I’m too dumb to understand why this proves the Earth is round. Can someone enlighten me?
I can hear the King of the Hill theme song.
We also have thousands of pictures of our not-flat planet as proof too
Fantastic proof of our eliptical orbit and axis of rotation
That proves nothing . I have done my research. Don’t try to trick us with tech we know what’s up .
Big foot and I are going on a trip to the edge tomorrow so there .
I am dissapointed that this video didn’t had King of the hill opening. This video was perfect gor it.
I know this wasn’t the intended purpose of this video but people need to stop even bothering to try to convince flat earthers. I mean seriously, like a science video of shadows is going to persuade them when they ignore all of reality.
I’ve seen the curve. Anyone can see it, all they need to do is come to Lake Pontchartrain. On a clear day it’s visible with the naked eye. [https://www.metabunk.org/threads/soundly-proving-the-curvature-of-the-earth-at-lake-pontchartrain.8939/](https://www.metabunk.org/threads/soundly-proving-the-curvature-of-the-earth-at-lake-pontchartrain.8939/)
That’s just because someone made the sun swing from a huge thread up from the sky up there. /s
Ngl, I thought this was a joke and the drawing was going to be a dick.
I still don’t believe that flat earthers are not just incredible satirists. It has to be a joke and I think it’s very funny and well executed.
I also claim that my belly is flat despite insurmountable contradictory evidence.
Plot twist, he just changed the camera position every day.
if the earth is round how come my shelf is level? checkmate scientists
If flat earthers could read, they would be very upset!
