Astronaut shuts down flat Earth theory once and for all with simple camera flip

No matter how much evidence has been provided to the contrary, the idea that the Earth is flat is one that stubbornly persists among conspiracy theorists.

Chat rooms and Reddit threads thrive with claims and supposed evidence intended to prove that all the scientists and astronomers are wrong, with people pointing to daylight savings, the horizon and the view from plane windows to try and support their views. Meanwhile, the truth about the shape of the Earth has been floating around for centuries, with Greek philosopher Pythagoras speculating that the Earth was actually spherical even before his death in 495 B.C. There’s countless evidence to indicate the Earth is spherical (Heritage Space/Heritage Images via Getty Images)
Still, the disagreement continues, so one astronaut decided to take matters into his own hands when he found himself with a rare perspective on the Earth.

The astronaut was up in space, hanging out among the stars as astronauts do, and filming himself while doing it.

Then, with one flip of his camera, he well and truly shut down the Flat Earth theory by revealing a view of our planet, shining bright and undeniably spherical in front of him.

The video was shared on the TikTok page @spacemanedu with the caption: “Someone Said Earth Was Flat…”, after which it received more than six million likes.

There's countless evidence to indicate the Earth is spherical (Heritage Space/Heritage Images via Getty Images)

There are multiple astronauts who have spoken out to refute the Flat Earth theory after seeing the shape of the globe with their own eyes, with many banding together in 2017 after Atlanta-based rapper B.o.B. raised questions about the planet and launched a fundraiser to build and launch a satellite so he could try and find out for himself.

NASA astronaut Terry Virts responded to B.o.B’s doubt on Twitter, writing: “I can save BoB a lot of money — the Earth is round. I flew around it.”

 

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