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2025-02-11 21:15:02 UTC - HELPFUL
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This is false. The earth is a sphere. It obviously does not matter how far you travel on the cancel, the horizon will always be just as far away. That said, object below the horizon become visible as you walk around the globe from the top down: https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/power-lines-curvature-earth-04233/ https://philnyethephysicsguy.github.io/refraction_render/examples/soundly_pylons.html https://flatearth.ws/c/pontchartrain https://flatearth.ws/disappearing-ship
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