{"id":45623,"date":"2026-04-09T10:21:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T10:21:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=45623"},"modified":"2026-04-09T10:21:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T10:21:06","slug":"gorgeous-new-nasa-photo-promises-to-shut-down-flat-earthers-did-it-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=45623","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Gorgeous&#8217; new NASA photo promises to shut down flat-Earthers \u2014 did it work?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Well-rounded. <\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/05\/us-news\/artemis-ii-crew-is-releasing-absolutely-gobsmacking-new-photos-of-earth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">new image from the Artemis II Orion spacecraft<\/a>, currently en route home from its journey to the Moon, reveals Earth for what it is: a glorious sphere.<\/p>\n<p>This is news because an alarming number of our fellow human beings subscribe to the belief that the Earth is actually flat and that a shadowy world government is secretly tricking the public into believing in a globe-shaped planet. <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px\">It would seem <span style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px\">that the image, taken by Commander Reid Wiseman and titled simply\u00a0<em>\u201cHello, World,<\/em>\u201c<\/span>\u00a0serves as indisputable evidence of what the sane have long believed and science has long maintained.<\/span> <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The image, taken by Commander Reid Wiseman, is titled simply \u201cHello, World.\u201d\u00a0 <span class=\"credit\">NASA HANDOUT\/Reid Wiseman\/EPA\/Shutterstock<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The picture is an updated version of the iconic \u201cBlue Marble\u201d shot snapped by the Apollo 17 crew more than 50 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve come so far in the last 54 years, but one thing that hasn\u2019t changed: Our home looks gorgeous from space!\u201d NASA wrote in an X thread sharing the unmistakable image of our home planet next to its 1972 counterpart.<\/p>\n<p>The photo shows mostly blue ocean, but the landmass of northern Africa, including the Strait of Gibraltar and parts of southern Spain and Portugal, can be made out on the left side of the globe.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Critically, the image shows the glowing <em>curved <\/em>green auroras at the North and South Poles, further illustrating that the Earth is many a splendid thing but definitely not flat. <\/p>\n<p>Another image, titled\u00a0\u201c<em>Artemis II Looking Back at Earth<\/em>,\u201d shows a curved slice of the planet serving face through one of the Orion capsule\u2019s windows.<\/p>\n<p>X users were quick to note that the images incontestably prove that the Flat Earth theory is false. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAbsolutely gorgeous. This puts to rest the flat Earth theory,\u201d said one<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>It is unlikely that\u00a0\u201cHello, World\u201d\u00a0will convert any Flat Earther, as the conspiracy theorists believe that all knowledge of astronomy is part of the elaborate hoax and that NASA, in particular, is in on the space scam.  <span class=\"credit\">auntspray \u2013 stock.adobe.com<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n\t<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cArtemis II just sent back a picture of Earth\u2026 and flat-earthers are currently rebooting their reality,\u201d said another.<\/p>\n<p>A third wrote: \u201cWell, once again, it appears that the flat earth folks are really wrong. Thanks, Artemis II.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/spaceporn\/comments\/1sac9fq\/earth_from_artemis_ii_160_speed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reddit<\/a>, one commentator joked, \u201cHey, I can see the flat earthers from here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px\">Despite this chorus, it is unlikely that\u00a0<\/span>the images\u00a0will convert any Flat Earther, as the conspiracy theorists believe that all knowledge of astronomy is part of the elaborate hoax and that NASA, in particular, is in on the space scam. <\/p>\n<p>Case in point, one true believer remarked on the new image, \u201cLooks flat to me, it just looks a little round because they are using a fishy eye lens.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ay Dios mio. <\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/carsey.unh.edu\/publication\/eyes-earth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2022 survey<\/a> of US residents, conducted by the Carsey School of Public Policy at the University of New Hampshire, found that 10 percent of respondents believed \u201cNASA faked the Moon landings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, many believe the Artemis II mission is another cog in the wheel of a staged space program. <\/p>\n<p>Reacting to a live interview of the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/06\/us-news\/nasa-video-spurs-hoax-artemis-ii-mission-is-staged\/\">Orion crew\u00a0discussing their journey to the moon<\/a>, while a plush toy named Rise floated around the capsule as a sign of zero gravity, folks were fired up. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cPure green screen bulls\u2013t. Same exact fabric they use on movie sets. Artemis? Fake as hell. They never went up there. Whole thing\u2019s a staged circus and we\u2019re the idiots paying for it. Truth\u2019s buried under layers of CGI and lies. Wake up, man,\u201d an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/udinisol\/status\/2040916044492018139\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">X user added<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The Artemis II mission has seen humans propelled further into space than ever before, <span class=\"credit\">NASA\/INSTARimages<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n\t<\/aside>\n<p>The rise of the internet and social media has allowed false conspiracies like the flat-Earth theory to flourish.<\/p>\n<p>In 2020, a man died after <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/02\/23\/daredevil-mad-mike-hughes-dies-attempting-to-launch-himself-in-homemade-rocket\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">launching himself into the air using a homemade rocket<\/a> in a bid to prove the Earth was flat.<\/p>\n<p>In a more successful launch, the Artemis II mission has seen humans <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/06\/us-news\/artemis-ii-astronauts-travel-further-from-earth-than-any-humans-in-history-breaking-apollo-13-record-set-over-50-years-ago\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">propelled further into space than ever before<\/a>, and although the Orion spacecraft will not make a lunar landing, the mission is laying the groundwork for a return to the moon by astronauts in 2028.<\/p>\n<p>Orion\u2019s mission was able to break Apollo 13\u2019s record by using the same trick of orbital mechanics to get back home: after whizzing around the moon on Monday, the capsule will use the lunar gravity and its momentum to fling itself home without needing to fire its thrusters beyond small trajectory corrections.<\/p>\n<p>The capsule will leave the moon\u2019s gravitational sphere of influence on Tuesday afternoon and will be pulled home by Earth\u2019s gravity from there.<\/p>\n<p>Splashdown in the Pacific Ocean is expected off San Francisco at 8:07 p.m. Friday.<\/p>\n<p>And if all goes well, astronauts will go back up for an Earth-orbiting mission in 2027 under Artemis III and then walk on the moon in 2028 for Artemis IV.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/07\/lifestyle\/new-nasa-photo-promises-to-shut-down-flat-earthers-did-it-work\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well-rounded. 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