FE Proof 1 – Corona del Mar to Avalon – Gregory Garrett

FE Proof 1 – Corona Del Mar Beach to Avalon Catalina from 100 feet

Analysis of Photos From The Newport Beach Foothills (1000 feet), and Corona Del Mar Beach (100 feet), to Avalon, Catalina Island, CA

Abstract

An amateur photographer, with a website called Astro Landscapes, used the Nikon P950 with a 2000mm polarized lens to shoot a photo of Avalon, Catalina Island, CA from two different positions: The Newport Beach Foothills, CA and Corona Del Mar Beach, CA.

The results of the experiment show Lone Tree Point, with a peak elevation of 1611 feet MINUS the lower foothill houses in Avalon city, at 118 feet, resulting in 1493 feet of visible Avalon, Catalina landmass if The Earth was flat, which is exactly what we see in the Corona Del Mar Beach photo taken from 100 feet above sea level.

Considerations

Avalon is the only incorporated city on Santa Catalina Island, in the California Channel Islands. The photos exhibit the mountain range above Avalon Bay, as well as Avalon city, itself. In the mountains above Avalon, the highest elevation is Lone Tree Point, with a peak elevation of 1611 feet. Google Maps will verify this fact.

Target: Avalon, CA from Two Different Altitudes:

Position 1) The Newport Beach Foothills, CA at approximately 1000 feet high.

Position 2) Corona Del Mar Beach, CA, at approximately 100 feet high.

Experimental Data: (From Google Maps)

  1. The distance between from Corona Del Mar Beach, CA at 100 feet, and Avalon, Catalina Island, CA is 31.6 miles
  2. Avalon City’s elevation is 30 feet above sea level.
  3. The Avalon Bay Shoreline is at sea level.
  4. The highest houses in the foothills of Avalon City are at 118 feet.
  5. The upside down “T” to the lower right in both photos is at 118 feet. We see this upside down “T” in both photos, and it is the “target” point of reference which constitutes the lowest visible point of Avalon City from the position of Corona Del Mar Beach, CA, at approximately 100 feet high.
  6. The highest elevation in the mountain range in the photos above Avalon Bay is Lone Tree Point, with a peak elevation of 1611 feet.
  7. Lone Tree Point at 1611 feet MINUS the highest houses in the foothills of Avalon City are at 118 feet EQUALS 1,493 feet of expected visible Avalon, Catalina landmass from Corona Del Mar Beach, CA at 100 feet.
  8. The expected Earth curvature from the Corona Del Mar Beach, CA at 100 feet, to Avalon Bay’s lowest elevation at 30 feet above sea level equals:
  1. 31.6 miles X 31.6 miles X 8 inches = 7,988.48 inches
  2. Divided by 12 to get feet = 665.71 feet of expected Earth curvature between Corona Del Mar Beach at 100 feet high and Avalon, Catalina Island at 30 feet high above sea level.
  3. The adjustment in the difference between the Corona Del Mar Beach at 100 feet high “position” and the Avalon, Catalina Island at 30 feet high

“target” altitudes equals:

  1. Corona Del Mar Beach at 100 feet high MINUS Avalon, Catalina Island at 30 feet high EQUALS 70 feet.
  2. Since the position of the observer taking the photo is 70 feet higher than the lowest elevation of Avalon, Catalina Island, we need to add 70 feet to the expected Earth curvature of 665.71 feet to arrive at a grand total of 735.71 feet of expected Earth curvature between Corona Del Mar Beach at 100 feet high and Avalon, Catalina Island at 30 feet high above sea level if The Earth was, indeed, spherical.
  3. Now, if we subtract our grand total of 735.71 feet of expected Earth curvature between Corona Del Mar Beach at 100 feet high and the highest elevation of landmass in the Avalon, Catalina Island photo, which turned out to be Lone Tree Point, with an elevation of 1611 feet, we arrive at 875.29 feet of visible landmass from the top of Lone Tree Point down onto the hills above Avalon City.

Experimental Artifacts

Camera Angle Variance

When we closely examine both photos side by side, we immediately notice something very odd. The photo taken from the position of Corona Del Mar Beach at 100 feet high was take at an upward angle when compared to the photo taken at The Newport Beach Foothills, CA at approximately 1000 feet high. It is easy to tell that this was happening because there is over 100 to 150 feet more sky showing above the Avalon mountain range behind Avalon city in the Corona Del Mar Beach photo at 100 feet high than there is in the Newport Beach Foothills, CA at approximately 1000 feet high.

Whoever took this photo either, maliciously or unknowingly, changed the angle of his Avalon Bay target a few degrees upward in order to cut off any visibility of Avalon City and give the illusion that The Earth’s curvature is preventing the observer from seeing what was in full view of Avalon from The Newport Beach Foothills photo at approximately 1000 feet high.

Again, when you compare each photo to the other, side by side, it is clearly evident that approximately 100 to 150 feet have been cut off of the lower Avalon city by shifting the angle of the camera lens upwards a few degrees. The sky above the Corona Del Mar Beach at 100 feet high clearly shows this extra margin of sky above the upper hills over Avalon, when compared to Newport Beach Foothills, CA at approximately 1000 feet high photo.

Observer Position Change

One possible objection to the idea that that the photographer, in fact, changed the angle of his Avalon Bay target a few degrees upward in order to cut off any visibility of Avalon City in his The Newport Beach Foothills photo at approximately 1000 feet high is that he may have moved his position back a few hundred feet to take that photo, in comparison to the position that he took his Corona Del Mar Beach photo at 100 feet high, thereby causing a panoramic effect, which might possibly include more of the sky above the Lone Tree Point mountains range.

However, this objection does not hold any water since if this was the case, we would expect to see more of Avalon, CA from side to side, as well, but in each photo, we see the same horizontal range, and yet significantly more sky in the Corona Del Mar Beach photo at 100 feet high photo than the Newport Beach Foothills, CA at approximately 1000 feet high photo, which nullifies this objection.

The Role of Sea Level

Avalon, CA is at 30 feet above sea level. Mean Sea Level (MSL) (often shortened to sea level) is an average level of the surface of one or more of Earth’s bodies of water from which heights such as elevation may be measured. Even though the total oceanic mass of The Earth is one continuous body of water, its surface tends to seek the same level throughout the world, which is where the idea of sea level comes from. Nevertheless, winds, ocean currents, river discharges, geographical variations, tidal variances and temperature prevent “sea level” from being truly consistent all across the Earth. And so, Mean Sea Levels differ from coast to coast and from ocean to ocean, depending upon the aforementioned variables.

That being said, the idea of “being at sea level” plays no significant part in this experiment since the Corona Del Mar Beach photo was taken from 100 feet ABOVE sea level, and The Newport Beach Foothills photo at approximately 1000 feet ABOVE sea level. And with each position, the observer is theoretically looking DOWN, either 100 feet or 1000 feet, towards the Avalon Bay shoreline, from 31.9 miles away. And whether we factor Avalon city’s 30 feet ABOVE sea level elevation into our calculations, or Avalon Bay AT sea level, we only have a 30 feet variance as a variable.

In other words, in the Corona Del Mar to Avalon photo, we see from the peak of Lone Tree Point, with an elevation of 1611 feet, down to the lower foothill houses in Avalon city, at 118 feet. And if we go another 88 feet down, that is the 30 feet above sea level elevation of Avalon City. But using spherical geometry, we should only expect to see down to the lower foothill houses in Avalon City, at 118 feet, if The Earth was flat, which is exactly what the Corona Del Mar Beach photo shows.

Even allowing for the camera angle variance deception, we should see Lone Tree Point, with a peak elevation of 1611 feet MINUS the lower foothill houses in Avalon city, at 118 feet, resulting in 1493 feet of visible Avalon, Catalina landmass if The Earth was flat, which is exactly what we see in the Corona Del Mar Beach photo taken at 100 feet above sea level.

Results

And so, once again, an amateur Flat Earth debunker is caught, red handed, falsifying his data to create the illusion that The Earth is Spherical. And not only did he falsify his data, even if we ignore that, his photos still prove The Earth has no curvature since 617.71 feet of Avalon’s upper buildings to halfway up to the top of Lone Tree Point, with a peak elevation of 1611 feet, should not be visible in either photo if The Earth was actually spherical.

In other words, if The Earth was spherical, we would see about midway down from the Lone Tree Point top peak in each photo. Thus, 735.71 feet would be below the Earth’s curvature if The Earth was actually curving, and yet each photo clearly shows the entirety of the Lone Tree Point summit down to the lower Avalon City hillside houses.

None of this should be visible if The Earth was spherical.

To further clarify, when you do a Google Maps search of the highest buildings in Avalon, CA, the come out to be 118 feet at the highest point. However, in both photos, all 617.71 missing feet of the 735.71 total feet of expected Earth curvature between Corona Del Mar Beach at 100 feet high and Avalon, Catalina Island at 30 feet high above sea level are visible, and that is after subtracting the 118 feet of highest buildings in Avalon, CA.

And as was stated, that remaining 118 feet of Avalon Bay that the Corona Del Mar Beach at 100 feet high photo hides is the result of a neat camera trick where you simple change the angle of your camera in order to cut off the lower portion of Avalon Bay to simulate curvature. And so, all 735.71 feet are suddenly accounted for, when you cancel out the camera trick.

Even allowing for the camera angle variance deception, we should see Lone Tree Point, with a peak elevation of 1611 feet MINUS the lower foothill houses in Avalon city, at 118 feet, resulting in 1493 feet of visible Avalon, Catalina landmass if The Earth was flat, which is exactly what we see in the Corona Del Mar Beach photo taken from 100 feet above sea level.

Hence, the Earth is plainly flat.

Summary

Hence, in the end, we should only see a grand total of 735.71 feet of Avalon, CA from Corona Del Mar Beach at 100 feet high if The Earth was spherical. (i.e. Lone Tree Point at 1611 feet MINUS 875.29 feet of visible landmass from the top of Lone Tree Point down onto the hills above Avalon City EQUALS 735.71 feet)

And even if we ignore the camera angle variance trickery between the Corona Del Mar Beach photo at 100 feet high and The Newport Beach Foothills photo at 1000 at approximately 1000 feet high, we are still seeing 1493 feet of visible Avalon, Catalina landmass, which is exactly what we see in the Corona Del Mar Beach photo taken at 100 feet above sea level. And this is the expected visibility if The Earth is flat.

Finally, without the deceptive camera angle photos from Astro Landscapes, what we literally see of Avalon, CA from Corona Del Mar Beach at 100 feet high, from 31.9 miles away, is a whopping 1611 feet of landmass, all the way from the bottom of Avalon Bay at sea level to the top of Lone Tree Point, Avalon, Catalina. And in fact, this is exactly what the Astro Landscapes photographer’s photos show, and in particular, when you correct the deceptive camera angle change stunt he pulled in the Corona Del Mar Beach photo at 100 feet high.

Simply Put

The farther away you are from your observational target, the more Earth curvature is hidden from view, if The Earth were, indeed, spherical. At 31.6 miles away, 617.71 feet of Avalon City’s upper buildings to halfway up to the top of Lone Tree Point, with a peak elevation of 1611 feet, should not be visible in the Newport Beach photo if The Earth was actually a sphere with a circumference of 24,901 miles.

And yet, a massive 1439 feet are clearly visible of the total 1611 feet Catalina landmass in the Corona Del Mar Beach at 100 feet high. In other words, Lone Tree Point, with a peak elevation of 1611 feet MINUS the lower foothill houses in Avalon city, at 118 feet, resulting in 1493 feet of visible Avalon, Catalina landmass, which is exactly what we see in the Corona Del Mar Beach photo taken from 100 feet above sea level.

And the only reason all 1611 feet are not visible is because the photographer tilted the camera angle up a few degrees to conceal the 118 feet of Avalon City that remains hidden in the Corona Del Mar Beach at 100 above sea level. It’s a deceptive photo. Look at each photo. The margin of sky above Lone Tree Point is a different width when you compare the two photos, showing that the Corona Del Mar Beach at 100 feet above sea level was taken with the camera tilted upwards to cut off the 118 feet of Avalon City below in order to create the ILLUSION of curvature.

It is the oldest camera trick in the book.

The Earth is Flat as proven by a comparison between the two photos taken of the Avalon, Catalina Island landmass from:

  1. The Corona Del Mar Beach photo taken from 100 feet above sea level
  2. The Newport Beach Foothills taken from 1000 feet above sea level.

Afterthoughts

And so, it is a sad situation, indeed, that this photographer, “Astro Landscapes”, either though intentional maliciousness or just incompetence, proclaims to have debunked The Enclosed Cosmological view by providing nebulous, misleading, inaccurate, deceptive, and inaccurate data and calculations, in addition to misleading photos.

The results are undeniable, scalable, measurable, and available for anyone to test, repeat, and prove at any time. The Earth is Flat. The more you study this, the more data you uncover in support of this fact.

–Source website: https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/63862828