Re: The Flat Earth?

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From: davidwss
Date: Tue, 02 May 1995 00:00

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Jarrod J. Williamson (jarrod@breeze.seas.ucla.edu) wrote:

: 	Hmmm . . . ever wonder why those photos from the shuttle only can show
: one side at a time?  The illusion, from space, that the earth is round come from
: the little recognized fact that, while truely flat, the earth is dish-shaped!

Golly! And here I thought the illusion of roundness in the photos was 
just the normal distortion from using fisheye lenses!  The things you can 
learn from Usenet!

: Thou fool!  How is it that thou seest but canst believe.  Surely they shall hear
: and see the truth, but shall not perceive!!

: jarrod (tongue in cheek)

--
David Wasserman      (davidwss@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca)
Curmudgeon-At-Large  (DWasserman@edc.gov.ab.ca)
"The older I get, the more value I place on experience."
 
(tongue hanging out, tail wagging)

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From: davidwss@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca ()
Subject: Re: The Flat Earth?
Date: 1995/05/02
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