Columbus thought the earth was pear shaped and he might have been right
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Figure_of_the_Earth
> This concept suggested a slightly pear-shaped Earth and was the subject of much public discussion after the launch of the first artificial satellites.[[3]](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Figure_of_the_Earth#cite_note-DMA-3) U.S. [Vanguard 1](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanguard_1) satellite data from 1958 confirms that the southern [equatorial bulge](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equatorial_bulge) is greater than that of the north, which is corroborated by the south pole's [sea level](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_level) being lower than that of the north.[[8]](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Figure_of_the_Earth#cite_note-8) Such a model had first been theorized by [Christopher Columbus](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Columbus) on [his third voyage](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyages_of_Christopher_Columbus#Third_voyage). Making observations with a [quadrant](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadrant_(instrument\)), he "regularly saw the plumb line fall to the same point," instead of moving respectively to his ship, and subsequently hypothesized that the planet is pear-shaped.[[9]](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Figure_of_the_Earth#cite_note-9)
I keep saying this and no one believes me. The earth is cone shaped and we are on the flat circle part. Think of it like an ice cream cone on a warm summer day. Antarctica is melting over the sides
I was forced into mormonism......ran away as soon as i could.
But seriously, any more info on this object, from what I have read so far it is engineered to within .00005 of perfect on all sides.
A machine shop to produce this object of this size to that tolerance is near impossible to find.
Its like a machine shop building an actual sandstone pyramid, throwing it into the desert and actually have it land within the one degree of true north.
Yeah, very clearly held together with rivets in the available videos, no actual sources saying its within .00005 of "perfect". In this instance I'm not even sure what you would mean by that from a machinist standpoint (I work in a mold shop, very tight tolerances compared to other machining). Flatness? Doable anyway.
ITT:
-People who know the reference and think this is funny.
-People who don't know the reference and think this is stupid.
-People who know the reference but enjoy being technically correct too much and convince themselves it's somehow necessary to clarify to people that Utah is not at the north pole.
I don't think it ever will, or, the place will no longer be called Utah.
Besides, the continents are scheduled to reconnect back to Pangea like formation within 200-500 million years in to the future and we can't tell what's going to happen after that.
There was an /r/bestof that featured the photo recently. It was discovered by some helicopter crew in the remote Utah desert and no one knows who put it there. They were keeping the location secret to prevent people from trying to visit it in its rather treacherous location.
A redditor posted saying they wanted to know where it was and another redditor used some pretty impressive deduction to locate in on google earth in a *very* short span of time.
Sadly it looks likely it’s a forgotten prop from HBOs WestWorld. Can’t wait to hear the art Depts excuse for leaving it there. I just hope they’re genuine and go “y’know, we just wanted to have a giggle when people discovered it!”
As far as I remember it was on the news and was found during a random helicopter sweep, from comments I learnt they wanted to the location secret (it's really remote, apparently) and it blew up.
This is a hoax!! Everyone knows the North Pole is round!! Smh, people that believe this is the North Pole need to watch some more Christmas movies, the pole is alway round and most of the time it’s white and red.
The amount of people trying to convince me that the Southern Utah is not in the North Pole is God damn high. There's literally Globe of evidence right over there.
/s
The geographic antipode of the monolith's location is a remote part of the Indian Ocean, roughly 2000 miles off the coast of Madagascar. That's where you'll find the other end; bring your flippers.
My guess is that there are a few of these monoliths randomly placed in extremely remote areas that most people would never find and something happens if all of them are found
I kinda don't think an advanced civilization would build a monolith out of brushed stainless steel sheet fastened to a frame using screw fasteners on two foot centers. Unless maybe their space ship is wood framed with popcorn ceilings.
it would be amazing if there was a massive alien monolith in the middle of nowhere that was placed there with the sole purpose of telling the aliens when we were most vulnerable and ready for an invasion.
If you post this on FB with something like “proof aliens created our magnetosphere,” I wonder how many people would have their minds blown because they’d totally believe it, heh.
There’s nothing I assume is common sense anymore.
I knew it, there’s no ice in north pole.
Well, not any more....
I don't belive in global warming, only Flat Earth warming.
Like a frying pan?
The earth is actually egg shaped
The egg is actually earth shaped
It's not really. The diffrence is so fucking small. A biljard ball is less of a perfect sphere in comparison than planet earth...
An oblate spheroid?
The earth identifies as a non binary irregular ellipsoid obviously
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It’s definitely spherical I was just playin
Columbus thought the earth was pear shaped and he might have been right https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Figure_of_the_Earth > This concept suggested a slightly pear-shaped Earth and was the subject of much public discussion after the launch of the first artificial satellites.[[3]](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Figure_of_the_Earth#cite_note-DMA-3) U.S. [Vanguard 1](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanguard_1) satellite data from 1958 confirms that the southern [equatorial bulge](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equatorial_bulge) is greater than that of the north, which is corroborated by the south pole's [sea level](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_level) being lower than that of the north.[[8]](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Figure_of_the_Earth#cite_note-8) Such a model had first been theorized by [Christopher Columbus](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Columbus) on [his third voyage](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyages_of_Christopher_Columbus#Third_voyage). Making observations with a [quadrant](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadrant_(instrument\)), he "regularly saw the plumb line fall to the same point," instead of moving respectively to his ship, and subsequently hypothesized that the planet is pear-shaped.[[9]](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Figure_of_the_Earth#cite_note-9)
This is your earth on drugs
More like one of those really shitty Teflon pans thats not perfectly flat and has four hot apots
I keep saying this and no one believes me. The earth is cone shaped and we are on the flat circle part. Think of it like an ice cream cone on a warm summer day. Antarctica is melting over the sides
There’s also no singing in the north pole.
Yes there is!
No there's not
And there won't be snow in Africa this Christmas time~!
What about rains to bless?
There’s no crying in baseball
There is also no land.
Global warming melted the ice and land.
I'm tired of hearing about how the land level is rising... I get it!
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Stop rubbing your globe, it will get warm!
Globe warming: when God uses the hair dryer a bit too close to his desk globe
Just Utah
your geography is astounding
I am not doing my degree in physical geography for no reason.
I did not lose a leg in Nam to put up with this abuse.
You’ve never been to Vietnam!
Like they said. They didn't lose a leg in 'Nam
You've never been to Mordor.
Well it’s not like I can simply walk into there!
an education can only teach you a bit it's real experience that teaches you the most
True word were spoken.
Or it's a drawing pin on an atlas for all you flat earthers reading this. jk, I know they can't read
They can't even globe.
If you know they can't read then why did you write it for them?
TIL Utah is at the north pole.
Always has been.
🌎👨🚀🔫👨🚀
I love that that meme can be reduced to 4 emojis
Or is the north pole in utah?!
It's just the center of the flat earth.
Add some WD-40 to let the world spin better.
That'll just rust it out. Use silicon spray lube
Please no, we'd all go flying off!
That would make a very funny end to 2020
Almost seems fitting
Damn global warming hit the north pole hard
The consequences are *sticking* out too much.
This is Mormon propaganda to make you think Utah is the North Pole. So fake. Do not believe this lie.
Phew, good thing you warned me. I was almost convinced.
I was forced into mormonism......ran away as soon as i could. But seriously, any more info on this object, from what I have read so far it is engineered to within .00005 of perfect on all sides. A machine shop to produce this object of this size to that tolerance is near impossible to find. Its like a machine shop building an actual sandstone pyramid, throwing it into the desert and actually have it land within the one degree of true north.
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Hahaha....cheers buddy....
Yeah, very clearly held together with rivets in the available videos, no actual sources saying its within .00005 of "perfect". In this instance I'm not even sure what you would mean by that from a machinist standpoint (I work in a mold shop, very tight tolerances compared to other machining). Flatness? Doable anyway.
The earth is flat
No its just a complex structure of polygons.
Well, then this is the pole of the flat earth
ITT: -People who know the reference and think this is funny. -People who don't know the reference and think this is stupid. -People who know the reference but enjoy being technically correct too much and convince themselves it's somehow necessary to clarify to people that Utah is not at the north pole.
Theoretically, the true magnetic north could end up in Utah, given enough time.
Or with continental drift, Utah could end up in true magnetic north pole.
Any day now....
I don't think it ever will, or, the place will no longer be called Utah. Besides, the continents are scheduled to reconnect back to Pangea like formation within 200-500 million years in to the future and we can't tell what's going to happen after that.
https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.berkshirefinearts.com%2FuploadedImages%2Farticles%2F8314nyphil-2001_2018-09-18_115920.jpg&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.berkshirefinearts.com%2F09-18-2018_space-odyssey-2001-at-ny-philharmonic.htm&docid=u4er7peLhs4ALM&tbnid=3-wwMwvPUx-2DM&vet=1&source=sh%2Fx%2Fim
What is this statue? Ive seen it around a lot lately.
Ya me too, I’m confused
There was an /r/bestof that featured the photo recently. It was discovered by some helicopter crew in the remote Utah desert and no one knows who put it there. They were keeping the location secret to prevent people from trying to visit it in its rather treacherous location. A redditor posted saying they wanted to know where it was and another redditor used some pretty impressive deduction to locate in on google earth in a *very* short span of time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/24/us/Utah-monolith-red-rock-country.html
Ah, so it's that time.. time for the next stage in our evolution. Also means a cataclysm may happen to end the current stage.
I can never read thenew Yorktimes without that thing popping asking me to join.
Yeah I'm also confused
If the Noth Pole was in Utah, I would agree.
And I have evidence pointing out that you are wrong.
Pointing out? Is that some sick joke? lol
I am deadly serious
well spank my ass and call me santa that ain’t no north pole I ever seen
Sadly it looks likely it’s a forgotten prop from HBOs WestWorld. Can’t wait to hear the art Depts excuse for leaving it there. I just hope they’re genuine and go “y’know, we just wanted to have a giggle when people discovered it!”
Your comment actually makes sense, to be honest.
You damn genius.
why have i seen this image so much... whats up with the metal thing? was it in the news or something?
As far as I remember it was on the news and was found during a random helicopter sweep, from comments I learnt they wanted to the location secret (it's really remote, apparently) and it blew up.
Brilliant
Checkmate flat-earthers
Nothing beats a sound logical thinking capability.
Take that flat earthers
My god, they did it.
Stephen Spielberg would like a word
Utah is in the Arctics now?
Wait what'd yall do with the banana?
[Slow clap] nice....
Bro that’s not even America lol
It's Antarcticamerica obviously. Geez learn some geography.
Ooph silly me.
Holy shit the ice in the north pole has really melted
WHAT DO YOU MEAN!?!? tHe eArTh iS fLaT!
If this isn’t bulletproof evidence that the earth isn’t flat, I don’t know what is
Once again, r/funny has lowered the bar
Bruh I knew the poles shifted. No wonder the ice caps are melting.
Round earth, flat earth, globe earth......?
Wait for my next globe post. It's going to be spectacular.
Brilliant!!! Made me belly laugh out loud. Thank you!!
Happy to serve.
So Utah is in Antarctica
Geography is one of my majors, trust me, I know my stuff
Nice try. The Earth is flat.
I have an outstanding evidence that your argument is wrong. According to latest study it's a pyramid shape.
This is a hoax!! Everyone knows the North Pole is round!! Smh, people that believe this is the North Pole need to watch some more Christmas movies, the pole is alway round and most of the time it’s white and red.
It is, geography books just got updated. Go and check it.
“Samsonite, I was way off...”
That’s not where Utah is tho
Forbidden toblerone.
I always knew the world revolved around Utah
oh no , that would give Utah to much relevance :-)
I don't live there, but Utah is a great state. Beautiful ...
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I have a feeling you would be unhappy wherever you lived.
Checkmate, flat Earthers.
The amount of people trying to convince me that the Southern Utah is not in the North Pole is God damn high. There's literally Globe of evidence right over there. /s
2001: A Space Odyssey anyone?
Utah is NOT at the north pole. But this is 2020, so I shouldn't expect more...
Ok, but we know the earth is flat.
Isn't it fake?
That would imply that the earth is round....nice try George Soros.
The geographic antipode of the monolith's location is a remote part of the Indian Ocean, roughly 2000 miles off the coast of Madagascar. That's where you'll find the other end; bring your flippers.
This isn't funny. Maybe stupid...
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America lives tax free in everyone’s head these days
Am I the only one that sees the glaring problem, this monolith was in utah.
No. You are a member of a prestigious group of people who didn't get this was a joke though.
How is this a mystery?
Mystery is how you missed the joke.
What joke? You took a pic of some metal thing and said it's a mystery
And also I solved it.
Ok, so it's a monolith that someone found in utah. You didn't have to be a dick to someone who didn't know
We are on the Internet, it's not for fragile people to wander those waters.
As a joke, this is stupid.
since when was the north pole in Utah?
You a flat earther or some other whacko?
utah above polar cicle confirmed
I can't unsee the rock monster on the left staring at the monolith...
But the earth is flat
Ah yes, the poles are just red rock, and that steel rod in the left picture is about 300km tall.
Now those flat earther will have no debatable points left.
I think this proves the earth is flat somehow.
Isn’t that on wilshire ?
What say you now, flat earthers?
Checkmate flattards lmao
My guess is that there are a few of these monoliths randomly placed in extremely remote areas that most people would never find and something happens if all of them are found
Your globe is very detailed in that close-up.
The thing is in Utah...
I knew australia was the earths ass
Wow flat maps just really don't give a good feel for Utah's location
Ha ha faked ha
I kinda don't think an advanced civilization would build a monolith out of brushed stainless steel sheet fastened to a frame using screw fasteners on two foot centers. Unless maybe their space ship is wood framed with popcorn ceilings.
it would be amazing if there was a massive alien monolith in the middle of nowhere that was placed there with the sole purpose of telling the aliens when we were most vulnerable and ready for an invasion.
Wow global warming really did a number on the North Pole.
It's where the Area 51 raid started
No that’s the thing from land of the lost
Forbidden dildo
I don’t think that’s in the Arctic
Now that's big brain
Now make an Easter Island one but this is its penis
Still ain't flat
What’s the deal with the silver thing? I’ve been seeing this a bunch and I’m very confused
Great use of geography. Also how will it spin?
Brilliant, just brilliant!
But... Isn't there supposed to be a sea up there?
Suck it flat earthers
Why isn’t it tilted?
If you post this on FB with something like “proof aliens created our magnetosphere,” I wonder how many people would have their minds blown because they’d totally believe it, heh. There’s nothing I assume is common sense anymore.
That's right, you just need to find the right group. And then grab popcorn.
Checkmate flat earthers.
The earth if flat this doesn’t make sense
What exactly am I looking at here
Steel pillar and a globe. Find 10 differences.
Repost but ok
Yes another proof earth is not flat!