The concept of parallel rays and divergent rays, in relation to the light source, is necessary to validate hypothesis 2 of Eratosthenes.
Aim:
validate hypothesis 2 of Eratosthenes
Observation
Observe the parallelism of the shadows of lined up gnomons.
Production
Draw the sunrays and edit a Gif animated,
The Earth is flat and the Sun is close
The Earth is curved and the Sun is very far away.
Parallelism of the solar rays (for a distant source) 2019 photos
2021 photos
2022 photos (Athens, Bizerte, Malovat, Aigio, Busteni, Pogana)
2023 photos (Serres, Aydin, Aigio, Busteni, Pogana)
Serres
Serres
Aigio
Aydin
2024 photos (Larissa, Aigio)
Larissa
Aigio