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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mahesh Wanasinghe" data-source="post: 29936031" data-attributes="member: 584012">The Earth is not flat; it is an oblate spheroid. This means it is mostly spherical but slightly flattened at the poles and bulging at the equator due to its rotation. The evidence for the Earth's spherical shape includes:<ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Photographs from Space: Numerous images from satellites and space missions show the Earth as a round object.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Horizon Observation: As ships travel away from shore, they disappear from the bottom up, which wouldn't happen if the Earth were flat.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Circumnavigation: Explorers and travelers have circumnavigated the Earth in all directions, which wouldn't be possible on a flat surface.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Gravity: The way gravity works, pulling objects towards the center of mass, would create a spherical shape.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Eclipses: During lunar eclipses, the Earth casts a round shadow on the Moon.</li> </ol>Scientific consensus based on extensive evidence supports that the Earth is a globe.</blockquote>

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