• Question: do you believe in flat earth

    Asked by anon-242689 to Zahra, Peter, Mairi, Elliott, Danica, Ane, Áine on 11 Mar 2020.
    • Photo: Danica Pinto

      Danica Pinto answered on 11 Mar 2020:

      Hi cake393egg,

      I do not believe in flat Earth 🙂 As it is clearly evident from scientific observations that the Earth is not flat but is more of an oblate spheroid in shape. Now what’s an oblate spheroid? It appears as if it is squashed at the polar regions and appears bulged at the equator. And the reason behind this bulging is the Earth’s rotation about its axis just like how spinning pizza dough makes the dough spread outwards. There are various proofs that show that the Earth is not flat for example, the shadow cast by the Earth on the Moon during the lunar eclipse when the Earth passes between the Moon and the Sun. Also there is a lot of photographic evidence from the International Space Station.

    • Photo: Zahra Rattray

      Zahra Rattray answered on 11 Mar 2020:

      Erm, nope!! :-/

      Have you seen some of the beautiful photos of earth from space? Check them out 🙂

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