Observations — What You Actually See

Introduction

This page does not ask you to trust anyone. It asks you to look.

Every claim on this page can be verified by direct observation. No telescope is required. No satellite is required. No university degree is required. No computer simulation is required. You need only your eyes, a level surface, a body of water, and a willingness to look at what is actually there rather than what you have been told you should see.

The method is simple: if the globe model is correct, certain things should be observable. They are not. If the biblical model is correct, certain things should be observable. They are.

You do not have to decide today. You do not have to decide ever. But you should look. And when you have looked, you should ask: "does what I see match what I was told I should see?"

I. The Horizon

Stand on flat ground. Look at the horizon.

The horizon is flat. It is a straight line. It does not curve downward. It does not bend away from you. It is a line that meets the sky at a constant angle, in every direction, at every distance you can see.

If the earth were a sphere 7,918 miles in diameter, the horizon should curve downward at a rate of approximately 8 inches per mile squared. At 1 mile, the drop should be 8 inches. At 3 miles, the drop should be 72 inches — 6 feet. At 6 miles, the drop should be 288 inches — 24 feet.

You can test this. Stand on a flat surface. Place a rod or a marker at a known distance. Sight along a laser level or a bubble level. Measure the drop. You will find that the horizon does not drop. The marker does not sink. The line does not bend.

This is not a limitation of human eyesight. A laser beam does not curve. A bubble level does not lie. The horizon is flat, and it has been flat for as long as anyone has looked at it.

The globe model explains this away by saying the curvature is "too subtle to see" or that "atmospheric refraction hides it." But a laser beam is not affected by refraction in the way required. A bubble level is not affected by refraction at all. The observation is the observation.

Flat Earth Dave: "The Horizon" | Eric Dubay: "How to Measure the Horizon"

II. Water Always Finds Its Level

Water is the most honest substance on earth. It does not curve. It does not bend. It does not cling to a surface. It finds its level, and it stays there.

Look at any body of water. A lake. A pond. A calm sea. The surface is flat. It is not curved. It does not follow the supposed curvature of the earth beneath it. If the earth were a sphere, the surface of every lake, every pond, every calm sea should be curved — bulging upward in the center, dropping away at the edges, by the same 8 inches per mile squared.

It is not. The surface of the water is flat. It is level. It is the same height at the near edge and the far edge. You can verify this with a laser level across a lake. You can verify it with a bubble level along a canal. You can verify it by simply looking.

The globe model explains this away by saying water "curves with the earth due to gravity." But gravity, if it exists as described, should pull water into a sphere — a ball of water with no flat surface at all. The fact that water has a flat surface is not explained by gravity. It is explained by a flat surface.

Water does not lie. It finds its level. Look at it.

Eric Dubay: "Water Always Finds Its Level" | Flat Earth Dave: "The Lake Experiment"

III. The Moon

Look at the moon.

The moon is the same size in the sky, whether it is on the horizon or directly overhead. It does not get smaller as it rises. It does not get larger as it sets. It is a constant disc, a constant angle, at every point in its arc across the sky.

If the moon were 238,890 miles away, it should appear significantly smaller when it is on the horizon (because it is farther from you, by the geometry of a sphere) than when it is overhead. The difference should be measurable. It is not. The moon is the same size. Always.

The moon's phases are also telling. In the globe model, the phases are produced by the relative positions of the earth, the moon, and the sun — by the angle at which sunlight strikes the moon's surface as seen from earth. But the phases you see are not consistent with that geometry. The "terminator" — the line between light and dark on the moon's surface — is always a straight line. It is never curved. If the moon were a sphere being lit from the side, the terminator should be curved. It is not. It is straight. Every night.

The moon is a disc. It moves across the face of the firmament. It is the same size at every point in its arc. Its phases are produced by its position relative to the sun and the observer, not by the angle of sunlight on a spherical surface.

Look at the moon tonight. It is the same size it was last night. It will be the same size tomorrow night. It has been the same size for as long as anyone has looked at it.

Eric Dubay: "The Moon Is a Disc" | Flat Earth Dave: "Moon Size and Distance"

IV. No Observable Curvature

You have never seen the earth curve.

Not from an airplane. Not from a mountain. Not from a hot air balloon. Not from a kite. Not from a drone. You have seen the horizon. You have seen the sky. You have seen the ground. You have not seen the earth bend. You have not seen the ground drop away. You have not seen the curve.

The photographs that are presented as "proof" of curvature — the ones taken from airplanes, from space stations, from satellites — are not photographs of the earth curving. They are photographs of the horizon, which is flat, taken from an elevated position. The "curve" you see in those photographs is the curvature of the lens, or the curvature of the horizon as seen from above, which is a geometric artifact, not a physical curve of the surface below.

If you want to see the earth curve, go look. Stand on the tallest building in your city. Look down. Is the ground curved? Is it bending away from you? Is it dropping off?

It is not. It is flat. It has always been flat. You have simply been told that it is curved, and you have believed it without looking.

Look.

Flat Earth Dave: "Have You Ever Seen the Earth Curve?" | Eric Dubay: "The Airplane Window Experiment"

V. The Sun

The sun is the same size in the sky, whether it is rising, setting, or overhead. It does not get smaller as it rises. It does not get larger as it sets. It is a constant disc, a constant angle, at every point in its daily arc.

If the sun were 93 million miles away, it should appear significantly smaller when it is on the horizon (because it is farther from you, by the geometry of a sphere) than when it is overhead. The difference should be measurable. It is not. The sun is the same size. Always.

The sun's daily motion is also telling. It rises in the east and sets in the west. It traces an arc across the face of the sky. It does not disappear behind a curved surface. It does not sink below a horizon that is dropping away from you. It sets — it goes down — and then it comes back up the next morning, in the same place, at the same angle, at the same size.

Ecclesiastes 1:5: "The sun ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and in his place he seeketh again."

The sun goes down. It seeks again. It is a moving body, tracing a path, returning to its starting point. The text does not say the earth turns. It says the sun goes.

Look at the sun tomorrow morning. It is the same size it was last night. It will be the same size tomorrow morning. It has been the same size for as long as anyone has looked at it.

Eric Dubay: "How Sunsets Work" | Flat Earth Dave: "The Sun's Daily Motion"

VI. Gravity — The Unobserved Force

You have never seen gravity.

You have seen things fall. You have seen things stay on the ground. You have seen water find its level. You have not seen the force that is supposed to cause any of it. No one has. Not in a laboratory. Not in a vacuum chamber. Not in any controlled experiment. Gravity is inferred. It is calculated. It is a mathematical construct that is used to explain the observations. But the observations do not require it.

Things fall because they are heavy. Water finds its level because it is a liquid on a flat surface. The moon stays in the sky because it is set in the firmament. The sun moves across the sky because it is a lamp in a vault. None of these things require an invisible force pulling everything toward the center of a spinning ball.

The globe model requires gravity to explain why you don't fall off the earth. But the observation is that you don't fall off the earth. The explanation "because gravity" is circular. It assumes the very thing it is trying to prove.

You do not need gravity to explain what you see. You need a flat surface, a vault above it, and a God who holds it all in place.

Flat Earth Dave: "What Is Gravity, Actually?" | Eric Dubay: "Gravity: The Unproven Force"

VII. The Invitation

You do not have to believe what you have read on this page. You do not have to agree with the conclusion. You only have to do the looking.

Go outside. Stand on flat ground. Look at the horizon. Is it flat?

Find a body of water. Look at the surface. Is it level?

Look at the moon tonight. Is it the same size it was last night?

Look at the sun tomorrow morning. Is it the same size it was last night?

Stand on the tallest building you can find. Look down. Is the ground curved?

You do not need a laser level. You do not need a telescope. You do not need a satellite. You need only your eyes and a willingness to see what is actually there.

The horizon is flat. The water is level. The moon is a disc. The sun is a lamp. The ground does not curve. You have always known this. You have simply been told that you are wrong.

Look for yourself. The answer is there. It has always been there.