Just saw a video claiming the horizon always rises to eye level no matter how high you go and I'm honestly rethinking everything

Piper Schmidt · 2026-07-01T13:10:03.247527+00:00

I was watching a live stream from a high altitude balloon yesterday and the horizon line stayed exactly level with the camera the whole way up, which directly contradicts what I was taught about curvature, so has anyone else seen this and actually looked into the math behind it?

nguyen.angela2mo ago

Get a cheap laser pointer and try it on a lake or long flat road yourself. Way more convincing than watching someone else's video online.

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angelarivera2mo ago

That "straight line over water" claim doesn't account for refraction bending the laser.

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price.ray2mo ago

Have you tried looking up some of the flat earth experiments where they use a laser over a lake? It's wild how they show a straight line over miles of water.

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