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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    22 hours 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