Earth Question

[Paul-R]

What and how to see this?

https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/44740/new-map-of-antarcticas-icy-edge

The team identified a perimeter for Antarctica's ice of roughly 53.610 kilometers


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth

Perimeter Earth = 40.075 Km

Check youor numbers.
Also, you can't tell the difference between 1,000 km and 1.000 km.

[Temporal Visitor]

Dear TV,

Thanks for your reply, when you have more good info, please?

Did found this one, looks pretty straight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hlzLh903-g

Kind regards, Johan

Johan,

You are most welcome and as a pilot myself I enjoyed the X15 video.

Your topic: "Earth Question" caught my eye for what it exposes that few will ever find their way to come to grips with. It is information, simple information that is out there "for all with eyes to see" yet I had never seen the perimeter mileage or source article(s) to be able to connect the dots. Good find from you, Thank you kindly.

After all NASA and NOAA are supposedly trusted sources of "information", and Wiki seems to have the generally accepted size of the generally accepted spinning ball theory pretty darn close.

More "good info": One pilot who has looked for but never seen or found any actual curvature.

I am no "judge" of "good" however I have good vision and other given abilities. Even some learned in the cockpit; like taking in the whole view to carefully observe all that is going on around me and learn to "see the big picture" for what is out there, where I am going, and staying on my own selected course to avoid those buzzing around in the sky blind to what is also out there: other aircraft not seeing "the BIG PICTURE".

"Observing" the other replies I see here - anything I might share would be FLATLY rejected: for instance;

Curiously it was early this morning, long before I read your reply and that from the "hero" that I wrote this excerpt elsewhere:

"2020 vision
The simple fact of having eyes does not automatically mean that one has exceptional vision, or any perception what so ever for that matter when in fact it can be observed that there are many people who are unable to see at all. Also many more who wear corrective eye glasses attempting to improve what sight they do in fact have in one or both of their own eyes.  However when it comes to looking out to see "the big picture" a whole lot more than just eyes to receive light are involved in processing the most recently acquired sensory information and adapting one's own course and plan of action or inaction."

Then I later read; Paul_R's oh so smooooth move and dazzling reply to you.

"Check youor numbers.
Also, you can't tell the difference between 1,000 km and 1.000 km."

That's funny, and seems Paul_R "hero member" is apparently blind to his/her/its own obvious communication skill shortcomings evidenced in his/her/its critical JUDGEMENT of "youor" [sic] abilities or style. But I can be wrong, for all I "know" it might just be his/her/its own willful ignorance in action or maybe even that strong delusion I wrote of in my first and only post to this thread/topic.

"Judging Others
(Luke 6:37–42; Romans 14:1–12)
1"Do not judge, or you will be judged.

2 For with the same judgment you pronounce, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.

3 Why do you look at the speck in your brother's eye, but fail to notice the beam in your own eye?"

Words of wisdom, regardless of belief, faith, or the lack of either.

I would venture to guess that he/she/it is not blind and despite his lack of "good" vision he/she/it also has other gifts he/she/it may or may not even recognize or be thankful for. One can only hope he/she/it can and will seek help with his/her/its own trouble(s) and become a true "hero" member.

Perhaps the hero can first explain to everyone what it will take to fit ~53,000 Km of ice perimeter into a ~40,000 Km perimeter of earth? Then provide a scale drawing depicting it since there are no real single snapshot photo's of the entire earth to be seen from space beyond "low earth orbit" as well?

Better still what about doing up a a scale drawing fitting the ~53,000+ Km of ice perimeter into the area AS SHOWN in the NOAA artist's CON-ception to show what that perimeter would HAVE TO look like?

That would be both "good" and interesting to OBSERVE especially IF coming from Paul_R hero member.

[Paul-R]

Better still what about doing up a a scale drawing fitting the ~53,000+ Km of ice perimeter into the area AS SHOWN in the NOAA artist's CON-ception to show what that perimeter would HAVE TO look like?

1. I'm damned if I can be bothered.
2. The perimeter is a meaningless number because it depends on the degree of detail measured.
3. You should apply pi X r squared to the figure for the area to get a notional radius.
4. You have a round to flat conversion to deal with. Stick a postage stamp on a ping pong ball and do the calcs.
What are you driving at? Everything Johan-1955 posts is silly.

[lancaIV]

An example : Canada has 9.985.000 sqkm ~ square block with 3160 Km length per side

The block perimeter = 4 x 3160 Km =
12640 Km the perimeter length when calculating Canada as compact landmass ,arithmetical !

But only the coastline from Canada ( without U.S.A. border) measures 243.042 Kilometers length !

I have an one sqm paper in front : 4 sides x 1 metre = 4 metre perimeter

1 cut this paper in 100 same '10 cm x 10 cm' squares : 4 x 10 cm x 100 = 4000 centimeter or 40 meter perimeter
        Factor 10 ! But :     No magic !
Cutting this 1 sqm paper in 10000 1sqcm squares I will get : 4 x 1 cm x 10000 = 400000 cm = 400 metres perimeter

        Factor 100  !



Sincerely

[Paul-R]

An example : Canada has 9.985.000 sqkm ~ square block with 3160 Km length per side

The block perimeter = 4 x 3160 Km =
12640 Km the perimeter length when calculating Canada as compact landmass ,arithmetical !

But only the coastline from Canada ( without U.S.A. border) measures 243.042 Kilometers length !

Sincerely

Interesting maths, Lanca.

But the coastline figure depends on the unit of resolution used to measure, as your work with scissors above suggests. If you take each step as a centimetre, it will take a few lifetimes to determine. but one may well end up with a coastline which is bigger than the circumference of the earth. Temporal Visitor and Johan will probably conclude that Cananda cannot possibly exist and is probably invented by the Illuminati to house the Bilderberg group in a hollowed out volcano, in and out of which UFOs are transporting aliens cross bread with humans with DNA allowing them the properties of shape shifting lizards.

In that case, where does my Maple Syrup come from?