How do Flat Earth truthers explain the eclipse? These weird-as-hell videos explain it.
It is widely understood that on August 21, North America will experience a total solar eclipse for the first time since 1979. For a few brief, blissful moments, the moon will pass between the sun and the Earth, blocking the star from view for anyone within a 70-mile path that cuts across the United States. Amazing!
And yet, for a small group of people, the total solar eclipse isn't a natural phenomenon caused by the rotation of the Earth, the sun and the moon. Rather, for the Flat Earth truthers out there, the eclipse is proof that our planet is flat.
Of course it is not, and how exactly this eclipse proves their theory is a confusing tale. Read more...
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