• @Fyurion@lemmy.world
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      1610 months ago

      Though even then, the sun would never go below the horizon, it would fly off in a stright line and disappear. Going below the horizon only works on a globe

      • XIN
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        10 months ago

        The idea is that the light is small and close. It doesn’t need to go over the horizon to disappear in the distance.

        I’m not sure how they explain the random pattern the light would need to travel for different seasons or why it looks so massive as it rises or sets.

        • @green_pyroxene@lemmy.world
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          1310 months ago

          “it doesn’t need to go over the horizon to disappear in the distance”, but the problem is that it does go over the horizon rather than disappearing, as anyone who’s seen a sunset can attest

            • XIN
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              110 months ago

              Well that’s your problem right there: you’re using logic.

          • XIN
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            110 months ago

            Maybe not truly logical, but there is definitely an attempt at logic as well as experiments.

            The documentary Beyond the Globe was kinda funny, sad and interesting all at once.

        • @vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de
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          010 months ago

          so most visible stars are about 1000 light years away. And they’re still visible. And our sun obviously cannot travel at least over 1000 light years twice a day.

          • XIN
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            110 months ago

            For reference a light year is about 63241 times further than the distance between the earth and sun.

      • artisanrox
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        110 months ago

        the record’s been playing a lot of screamo since the whole homo sapiens thing happened.