Lesson 2 Planets, Moon, and Flat Earth
What Shape is a Flat Earth Moon?
Can we determine the shape of Earth by looking at the Moon? Let’s investigate!
Before we get started, when discussing flat Earth there is a great deal of distrust towards NASA. NASA is often accused of presenting “fake photos” that are claimed by NASA to be taken from space and/or taken from Earth of items in space.
NASA is accused of “Photoshopping photos”. NASA admits to using photo editing programs on photos, but claims that this is done to use filters or merge photos so that they can show us various types of radiation etc. That is a legitimate claim by NASA, but is it true?
While it would be difficult for most of us to double-check NASA’s actual work because we don't have access to large telescopes, we can do some basic At-Home experiments in order to determine the shape of the Moon and test at least some of NASA’s claims.
The best experiment for you to do is to take some pictures of the Moon at different times of the month as steady and as zoomed in as you are able.
NASA’s Moon Phases Simulation Page
To start this experiment, take a look at this Moon Phases simulator that NASA has made available. The Phase simulator’s progression is made up of nightly progressive photos of the Moon during its 4-week cycle. What we want to determine is if we can take similar photos and if those photos will closely match the NASA Simulation.
Taking Good Moon Photos
Many modern smartphones have very powerful zoom capabilities that are good for taking full-frame Moon photos. If you have a steady hand, you can simply zoom in and snap your Moon picture!
When you zoom in a lot, it’s often difficult to hold the phone steady enough to get a great photo. If that’s a problem and you don’t have a tripod,
you can set your camera on a pillow and then adjust the pillow and camera so that it’s aimed at the Moon.
If you don’t have a camera capable of achieving the zoom level needed to get a great Moon photo, you can get inexpensive kits that include a mini-tripod and zoom lens. Some even have a remote shutter button.
Here are some lens kit examples
NASA’s Moon Phases Page
This is a collage of Moon photos that has been photo-edited by NASA in order to show their view of the phases of the Moon. Your experiment is to see if your result is similar to the pictures in this NASA collage. The Phase photos in the collage would have been taken about every four days.
It is important to note that it is very difficult to take a picture of a “New Moon” because when the Moon is “New”, it’s in the same line-of-sight as the Sun making it very difficult for you to see it. Additionally, if NASA is correct, then we would be seeing the night or shaded side of the New Moon while looking very near the Sun.
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Smart Phone Amateur Moon Photos
These four photos show some Moon phases and were taken by an amateur photographer using a smartphone.
If you are able to take similar pictures, you should be able to confirm, in your own mind, the shape of the Moon.
NASA Mars Composite Photo (Viking 1)
NASA Saturn Photo (Cassini)
You can click the links below the pictures to visit the pages that these NASA pictures are from. NASA states that these photos of Mars and Saturn were taken by the Viking 1 Mission and the Cassini Mission respectively. They both show a similar pattern regarding the light hitting them as the Moon photos taken by amateur photographers show.
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Side View of Light on Ball and Plain
This is a photo of a 2-inch Styrofoam ball and a disk, here we used another 2-inch Styrofoam ball cut in half using the flat side with light shining on both items in effort to create an effect
similar to the way the Moon looks at its various phases. You can take your own photos of a ball with light shining on it from various angles. Golf balls and tennis balls etc. work, but using a larger size offers a better outcome.
For this experiment a ball with a textured surface like a golf ball works well because the dimples in the ball are similar to the craters we see on the Moon photos shown earlier in this lesson.
Place the ball on a dark surface, and then shine a light on it from a distance. Look at the ball from several locations as you walk around it. What do you see?
Summary of Lesson 2
Doing these experiments by taking pictures on your own should confirm that the pictures on this page are reasonably accurate. With this information, you can decide what you think the shape of the Moon is, as well as the shape of Mars and Saturn, and even a golf ball.
The question to ask yourself at this point is this: Is it reasonable to assume that the Earth shares a similar form as you detected from your own photo experiments?
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