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)

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      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