On Dec. 30, 1930, the first-ever photo of the Earth’s curvature was taken by Lieutenant Colonel Albert William Stevens, who was an officer in the U.S. Army Air Corps and an aerial photographer.

This photo is one Williams took over South Dakota in 1936 during a record-breaking balloon flight, which also shows Earth’s curvature.

(Image credit: National Geographic/Albert William Stevens 1930)

  • 14th_cylon@lemmy.zip
    411·
    1 day ago

    well that’s the right burn, now you got me. because everyone knows there are no words in youtube videos, especially in song texts. 🤦‍♂️

      • 14th_cylon@lemmy.zip
        66·
        1 day ago

        the fact you probably truly believe you are delivering some burn is the sad part here.

        as per your request, let me read the video to you (if you have trouble reading, you can always listen to itm but it still requires turning on your brain):

        columbus saw the ocean
        he sailed far and wide
        just to get a cup of spices
        from the other side
        he knew he would die for sure
        if he should reach the edge
        but that’s okay cause long before
        he’d starve to death instead

        the world is flat
        the world is flat
        the world is flat
        the world is flat
        the world is flat

        earth’s an oblate spheroid
        revolving around the sun
        spinning on its axis
        which is tilted just for fun
        that explains the seasons there
        and the changing length of day
        but here’s an inconvinient truth
        you can’t explain that way

        the world is flat
        the world is flat
        the world is flat
        the world is flat
        the world is flat

        trump won re-election
        he won it by a mile
        only to protect us
        from the socialist pedophiles
        but biden wants the mail and ballots
        counted and at what cost
        he is so out of touch
        he can’t admit when he has lost

        the world is flat
        the world is flat
        the world is flat
        the world is flat
        the world is flat

        endless interventions
        never-ending war
        all to please the oligarchs
        and economic horse
        but lower taxes on the rich
        and do it really quick
        my ship is coming in soon
        and i don’t want to pay for it

        the world is flat
        the world is flat
        the world is flat
        the world is flat
        the world is flat