Flat Earth Follies: O'ahu from Kaua'i
O'ahu seen from Kaua'i
There are a couple of these floating around the Flat Earth globe.
Terry Robinson has a video Flat Earth Proof: Oahu seen from Kauai more than 90 miles away
In this video he shows two different views
#1 is near Wailua River Over which seems to be very near 22.046347° -159.354560° (telephone pole and street sign match his video). The claim is this is from 200' and Google Earth estimates 197' so this is also a good match.
Terry shows the islands being "108 miles center to center" -- however, this location is about 80 miles from the Kaena Point area (along Satellite Tracking Station Road), ~80.7 miles from a 1907' peak, and ~86.3 miles from Mount Ka'ala peak (4026') on Oahu.
So 108 miles, while accurate for center-to-center is irrelevant -- why give this value?
The Hidden height for these locations are 2157'-2631' / 2207'-2690' / 2622'-3185' giving the range as between 'Standard Refraction' and raw Hidden with no refraction.
The Tilt angle at this distance is a mere 1.249 degrees, undetectable at this distance under idea conditions -- much less when looking at sloping, uneven terrain.
So what's the problem here? We're clearly NOT seeing the entirety of the island.
#2 is at ~150' elevation near Lihue airport, don't have exact location so haven't focused on this location yet. But it does show less of Oahu by the amount we would expect from a 50' drop in observer height. So again, what is the problem here?
There are a couple of these floating around the Flat Earth globe.
Terry Robinson has a video Flat Earth Proof: Oahu seen from Kauai more than 90 miles away
In this video he shows two different views
#1 is near Wailua River Over which seems to be very near 22.046347° -159.354560° (telephone pole and street sign match his video). The claim is this is from 200' and Google Earth estimates 197' so this is also a good match.
Terry shows the islands being "108 miles center to center" -- however, this location is about 80 miles from the Kaena Point area (along Satellite Tracking Station Road), ~80.7 miles from a 1907' peak, and ~86.3 miles from Mount Ka'ala peak (4026') on Oahu.
So 108 miles, while accurate for center-to-center is irrelevant -- why give this value?
The Hidden height for these locations are 2157'-2631' / 2207'-2690' / 2622'-3185' giving the range as between 'Standard Refraction' and raw Hidden with no refraction.
The Tilt angle at this distance is a mere 1.249 degrees, undetectable at this distance under idea conditions -- much less when looking at sloping, uneven terrain.
So what's the problem here? We're clearly NOT seeing the entirety of the island.
#2 is at ~150' elevation near Lihue airport, don't have exact location so haven't focused on this location yet. But it does show less of Oahu by the amount we would expect from a 50' drop in observer height. So again, what is the problem here?
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