High-altitude footage doesn’t prove Earth is flat

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The Earth is not flat, and that is a fact roundly agreed upon by scientists. But a video on Facebook claims to show othe

rwise.said:"Compilation footage of 120,000k+ ft high altitude balloon shows a completely flat horizon proving the flat Earth and completely destroying the globe theory."

The Facebook video was flagged as part of Meta’s efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed. , also show the Earth is round.to NASA."Because of the force caused when Earth rotates, the North and South Poles are slightly flat. Earth’s rotation, wobbly motion and other forces are making the planet change shape very slowly, but it is still round."

 

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