Here's how we can prove the earth is round.
The first way:
We get two big wooden poles. We stick one in the ocean floor, at the coast.
We get another, and stick it into the ocean floor 20 km away. Make sure both poles are the same height above sea level.
Drill a hole in the one at the coast. Make sure the hole points towards the other pole.
Shine a strong laser through the hole.
Contact a person viewing the other pole. If the laser hit the other pole at where the hole should be, we can see that the eart is indeed flat. Otherwise, if it hit above the pole or above where the hole should be, the earth is round. This drawing should show it.
Round earth:
Notice how none of the entities are inbalanced in the round earth one, whereas in the one where the ground was flat, the ones tothe far left and right were about to fall, while the middleone noticed no difference.Obviously, we don't feel like we're on a sloped surface if we are far from the North pole, so we can see from what we've observed here that the earth probably isn't flat.
Excellent work Finn! Great diagrams!
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