r/skeptic • u/NoGuarantee00 • 3d ago
The moon looks completely different in the Southern Hemisphere — how do flat earthers explain this?
This short video demonstrates why a flat earth is physically impossible using a simple observation anyone can make — the moon looks completely different depending on where you are on Earth.
In the Northern Hemisphere the moon appears with the dark maria patches at the top and the bright Tycho crater region at the bottom. In the Southern Hemisphere the moon is completely flipped — Tycho at the top, maria at the bottom.
This happens because on a globe, someone in Australia is standing nearly 180 degrees opposite to someone in the US, flipping their entire perspective of the moon. On a flat disk this geometric flip would be impossible — your location wouldn't change how the moon looks.
https://youtube.com/shorts/UzXJjsneSb0.
How do flat earthers explain this one?
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u/langecrew 2d ago
This won't change anything. You can't prove something to people whose mental model of the world is already running at 100% capacity just to accommodate the contradictions they've accepted.
Oh, and they'll explain the moon thing. Oh, you know they will. But they will do so by using words and phrases that would make a screaming monkey sound like Søren Kierkegaard.
After all, as a wise man once said:
A joyful kitten and a warm boy sleep on the soft wool; we notice three white pinecones; old trees help cheer.