The footage from 1:53 - 3:25 is raw video and audio from Pacific Star 3. This was filmed using a high altitude weather balloon. (vimeo.com/24390348) The shot was taken at 131,000 feet over Los Angeles at 8:20 PM, Pacific Standard Time (GMT-8). The camera starts out looking south towards San Diego, then slowly pans west towards the Pacific Ocean and ultimately north towards Ventura County. The stabilizers maintained a steady and smooth pan. The sun has already set but the bands of light seen are the last throws of light before total darkness. The curvature you see is being CREATED by the CURVILINEAR lens on the camera. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFV7uVdAVcM

Globe-earthers say Flat Earthers are brainwashed. Flat Earthers say globe-earthers are brainwashed. Who's right? Let's look at it this way: Globe-earthers are simply advocating the first version of reality they were taught as children. Meanwhile, all Flat Earthers were taught that SAME version of reality as children, the only difference being that they went back as adults and did their due diligence in researching the opposing arguments WITHOUT any bias or cognitive dissonance to see whether or not what they were taught as children still stood up to the critical scrutiny of a discerning adult. Then, after doing so and finding fatal flaws in the model, these discerning adults went against all of society. They endured endless insults and ridicule - many losing friends and family members in the process - all for DARING to question the globe "gospel". What do you think made these people turn a 180? Could they have actually discovered information that changed their minds? ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyC3VzjvuEo