What you are looking atModel F, research record
Dome, sun, moon and star pathsIllustrative
Map surface, Natural Earth 1:50mImported
Observations attached to this viewUntested
Sources and limits
The table, lighting and contact shadow under the model are display furniture, not part of Model F.
The globe is Model G from the same research record: a sphere of mean radius 6,371 km drawn at the same kilometre scale as the plane, carrying the same Natural Earth surface in its original equirectangular form and the same country outlines mapped back to latitude and longitude. Its day side follows the Sun as a direction, set by the same model-time and season controls. Day and night on the globe are the model's predictions, not observations, and drawing either model proves neither.
One pilot photograph, with source details and limits.
One UTC instant. Two city clocks and predicted skies.
Numbered map markers open these sky panels. Symbols and larger click areas are not geographic size or state boundaries. Camera focus is a separate action.
1 Los Angeles, California, US · 2 Nairobi, Kenya. Symbolic markers open sky; focus is separate. Size does not show geographic extent. Close any photo before choosing a sky location.
How do height and distance change a geometric horizon?
Imported geography; north-polar azimuthal-equidistant projection. Distances and directions from the North Pole are preserved on a spherical reference. Shapes, areas and other distances distort toward the rim. Antarctica’s ring-like appearance is a projection effect, not proof of a physical encircling wall. Dome and luminary paths are illustrative. This map is not proof of a flat earth.
Made with Natural Earth (public domain). De facto boundaries; 242 imported geographic features, including territories and Antarctica. Natural Earth I color and shaded relief are a generalized cartographic depiction, not calibrated satellite observation. No elevation is modeled. The bundled 4,096-pixel polar surface softens on close zoom; coastlines may differ locally from the vector outlines. 50m means 1:50,000,000 map scale, not 50-metre accuracy. Detailed Antarctic research is not included in this prototype.
Upcoming
- Antarctic investigationDocumented records, attributed claims and access gaps, kept apart.