It doesn't go down, it goes away from you.
Perspective.
Or do you think the poles, tracks and fence are going "down" or that they are shrinking? 
Posted on 06/30/2018 11:50:32 AM PDT by Simon Green
There's a growing number of people who seem to think the world is, in fact, flat.
But it gets better. They also insist that Australia is actually just one big hoax.
According to a viral Facebook rant, the entire country (and presumably the 24 million people that live there) is completely FAKE.
The idea resurfaced at a recent gathering of so-called Flat Earthers in Birmingham recently where over 200 people came together to confirm to each other that the Earth is nothing more than a giant pancake.
The origin of the "fake Australia" post started on Reddit back in 2017 and was written by a Shelley Floryd. But it appears to be back in the minds of the spherically-challenged at the moment.
"Australia is not real," the rant begins.
"It's a hoax, made for us to believe that Britain moved over their criminals to someplace. In reality, all these criminals were loaded off the ships into the waters, drowning before they could see land ever again.
"It's a coverup [sic] for one of the greatest mass murders in history."
Moreover, the post reckons that all Australians are nothing more than computer generated personas and if you've ever been Down Under yourself: "you're terribly wrong".
Hilariously, the pilots are apparently all in on it - and have just been flying you to parts of South America all these years.
Flat Earth theories have been shot down by just about everyone capable of rational thought, but the theory is still enjoying a current resurgence.
Over 200 conspiracy theorists gathered at a hotel in Birmingham for the UK’s first Flat Earth Convention.
The convention, which took place over three days, saw nine speakers take to the stage to explain their theory as to why the Earth is flat.
(Excerpt) Read more at mirror.co.uk ...
So easy to find out for yourself with the right search terms...
9.5-mile Laser Test Confirms Flat Earth - Perth, Australia (FEPE PERTH)
I was stationed at the 5th Defense Satellite Communication Squadron, Woomera Air Station, South Australia, Australia, from 1982-84.
I was there.
In fact, flew in and out numerous times. I watched out the plane window. Saw Hawaii, Fiji, American Samoa and even flew over New Caledonia. Went to New Zealand, too.
Drove myself from Woomera to Adelaide and back several times.
Hit a kangaroo and messed up the front end of my old Toyota with the steering wheel on the “wrong” side. Had to pay a guy several hundred Aussie dollars to get it right.
I even held a koala at Mount Lofty Game Park. Felt and saw Winter in July, hot Summer in December.
Not only are the Flat Earthers crazy, they’re Full of Sh1t.
Guess I was wrong then seeings how the Earth is really square since the wind has been shown to come from the four corners of Earth.
The “Flat Earth theory” myth refuted: De mensura Orbis terrae
Good, at last, a pilot.
Do you believe NASA’s formula for the curvature of the earth?
If so, why are not able to see it with our own eyes? And why don’t gyroscopes on airplanes account for the curve? (The math says to fly you’d have to be nosing the plane downward to adjust for the curve every thirty seconds).
Please explain without using fish-eye lens photos.
I just flew over the US. Saw nada sign of curvature. Nada.
As I am a Christian and the lack of naked-eye evidence, as well as what philman_36 discusses about the Bible are very strong arguments, as opposed to climate-change loving, Islam-loving NASA...
who love to fake imagery: https://aplanetruth.info/2016/04/23/new-fe-1000-challenge-show-us-a-real-earth-ball/
So I didn't see structures with my own eyes, through the P900 camera I bought in an effort to disprove the flat Earth, at a distance of 16 miles?
And I'm the one who is full of shit?
So where does the sun go when it goes down on a flat surface? What lurks under the flat Earth? Ahh, beasties be there.
AB, when you were in Australia, did you see the same stars that are visible in North America, such as Polaris, or stars that are not visible, such as the Southern Cross?
Surely, on a flat surface, we should all be able to see the same stars.
I watched out the plane window.
Perspective.
Or do you think the poles, tracks and fence are going "down" or that they are shrinking?
You might like this link:
http://mathscinotes.com/2017/12/earths-curvature-and-battleship-gunnery/
Similar idea, but put into practical use.
I was thinking the same thing that I wish they would hold a convention close by so I could go just for entertainment!
Scary, they live among us.
AB said he was a pilot, so I asked him if he believes NASA’s formula for curvature or not.
Also asked him about gyroscope positioning whenever you fly... because pilots would have to be nosing down every thirty seconds to conform to NASA’s curve math.
Where are the photos you took at 16 miles? Love to see them. I should get out my cameras, too.
Think about that! Why would the Navy invest in a device that fires on a "level" (or FLAT) trajectory on a supposedly curved surface?
Here ya go. I was surprised at the basic ignorance and other non-answers on the supposed “science” side of things at this UK Conference:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9WouDyfHa0
The gyroscope positioning on airplanes is a very serious flaw in the argument for Islam-loving/climate change-loving NASA.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6w9i9I39gzo
FEarthers: Where’s The Curvature?
Oh, and the above footage was taken in Australia... not sure about OP’s article?
As soon as I saw the title, I knew you’d be here.
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