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To: SunkenCiv

This article is stupid. The writer is clearly ignorant of science and astronomy.

Here is the key - when the sun is at the highest point in the sky (local noon) on March or Sept 21 (+/- a day or so) - for the Spring or Fall Equinox - the sun will be on the celestial equator. It will found above the horizion 90° minus the latitude. For Seattle area - 48° N - the sun will be 42° above the horizon. On the summer solstice - it will be 23.5° higher - or 65.5°.

The author of the article is talking about how far the sun is rising or setting at the horizon - WHICH IS IRRELEVANT. If we go above the Arctic Circle - we have the ‘Land of the Midnight sun’ - where the sun never sets for some part of the summer.

Every night I go out to do observational astronomy -I see that the celestial north pole is still within 1° of the north star -Polaris. The earth has NOT shifted its tilt any appreciable amount. I think scientists would be reporting this as HUGE news....but it has NOT happened.


35 posted on 08/23/2020 4:56:08 PM PDT by Vineyard
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To: Vineyard
Thanks for weighing in. It's hard to express just how ridiculous this article is. If the earth's tilt had indeed shifted 26 degrees(!), wouldn't Polaris cease to be the "north star"? It would spin along with the star field around a different point in the sky. I'd be able to see the Southern Cross from my house.

I'd go so far as to venture the resulting phenomena would exceed mere weather changes to include perhaps even earthquakes and political realignments as available fresh water changes the map.
I strongly suspect Sunken Civ is testing our alertness; sort an August April's fool joke.

45 posted on 08/23/2020 5:19:10 PM PDT by stormhill
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To: Vineyard

Agree! Just goes to show how reliable the internet really is.


54 posted on 08/23/2020 6:05:40 PM PDT by icclearly
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To: Vineyard

” If we go above the Arctic Circle - we have the ‘Land of the Midnight sun’ - where the sun never sets for some part of the summer.”

Then why doesn’t this happen at the south pole, or Antarctica? Is it because the earth is really flat, or because it’s actually much larger than previously thought?

And why have all the flat earth videos been scrubbed (all the evidence) from youtube? (Like someone’s emails)Things that make you go hmmm...


61 posted on 08/23/2020 6:24:36 PM PDT by Concentrate (ex-texan was right and Always Right was wrong, which is why we lost the election.)
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To: Vineyard

btt


84 posted on 08/24/2020 7:18:42 AM PDT by KSCITYBOY (The media is corrupt)
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