Discussions continue on social media about seeing Uludağ from Istanbul. According to flat earthers, this is proof that our planet is flat. The reality is different.
The Eid holiday increased to nine days for government institutions and many private sector employees, and people took advantage of this holiday and left Istanbul. Afterwards, air pollution in Istanbul decreased and a significant part of the city was removed from the air pollution in Bursa. Uludag could be seen. Thereupon, flat earthers said, “If the world wasn’t flat, we wouldn’t be able to see Uludağ.” He claimed.
In normal conditions The person who makes a claim is obliged to prove it But this time, let’s explain why this claim is not true. Why is the world not flat and why did we manage to see Uludağ?
Let’s take a look at the post:
First, we need to study some geometry.
It won’t be too complicated, what we will do is very simple. A little tangent a little bit too pythagoras theorem enough for us. The line touching any circle (or circle, sphere) from a single point is called tangent. The line drawn from the intersection of the tangent to the center of the circle is always perpendicular to the tangent.
Let’s come to the second point. pythagoras to the theorem. In a right triangle, the sum of the squares of the lengths of the short sides is equal to the square of the long side. If we take the place with 0 altitude as the short side and the top of the mountain as the long side, we can understand from what distance we can see the mountain. Let us note here that the observer (the person who shot the video) is not at sea level.
What about the distance of Uludağ?
The radius of the Earth is 6378 kilometers on average. Uludağ is approximately 120 kilometers away from Istanbul. When we put the numbers into place, the summit of Uludağ can be seen from a distance of exactly 180 thousand 30 meters, if there is no other obstacle around. This shows that Uludağ can be seen in clean and clear weather and that the world does not need to be flat.
On the other hand, such sharing not paying much attention to It is necessary. Because mentioned 200 kilometers 200 kilometers by road. There is no explanation why light rays spread by road when the world is flat.
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