Man shares simple photo of his hometown to end the Flat Earth theory once and for all

The Flat Earth theory has been around for so long, and no matter what evidence is provided to the tin-foil hat society, they just don’t believe we’re living on a sphere.

Rather a lot of people choose to believe the conspiracy that the Earth is shaped like a flat disk and some have even died trying to prove their point.

Despite overwhelming scientific evidence and physicists such as Professor Brian Cox shutting down the idea – calling it ‘drivel’ – Flat Earthers are adamant in their beliefs.

However, one man has seemingly ended the debate once and for all.

He pointed out the reason it looks flat (YouTube/Karmadog)

In 2018, Greg Pagel used a photo of his hometown and meticulous calculations to prove the planet isn’t flat.

He got mathematical and displayed his image on Imgur to share his findings.

Pagel even created a whole video to explain it on YouTube and based his calculations on Lake Michigan is Manitowoc, Wisconsin, US.

He explained that while the landscape did appear flat, there’s a reason for it.

He used maths to explain why it’s difficult to see (YouTube/Karmadog)

By using Google Earth, he went on to show how the Earth is round.

So, and here’s where it gets all a bit mathy, those two points of Silver Creek Park and Two Rivers are 8.4 miles apart.

Then, with the quantity that Earth has a circumference of 25,000 miles, then 8.4 miles of that arc would equal as 0.12 degrees in angle.

Still following? Yeah, I’m just about hanging on too, but bear with it.

Pagel then shared images of how a right angle looks compared to a 45-degree and then a one-degree angle.

A pie chart then comes into play (360 degrees, of course) to show how a one degree angle looks pretty straight even when he zooms in to it.

So, this shows why a 0.12 degree angle is hardly noticeable at all – explaining why you might think a landscape looks flat in photos, as well as to the naked eye.

That’s why people might argue that the Earth is flat, just because it looks it when in fact, it is of course not.

Social media users have since taken to the comment section of the video to share their thoughts.

One wrote: “I can’t believe this needs explaining to people, but well done for trying.”

Another added: “Just show a satellite picture, thats it.”

While a third simply thought: “Very cool.”