CURIOUS J - POLARIS | STAR TRAILS PART 1 (FLAT EARTH VS GLOBE EARTH QUESTIONS)

Published on Sep 24, 2016
Unless you have your camera pointed up at Polaris while standing EXACTLY at the North Pole, you are technically not spinning. The globe may be spinning but a camera on a tripod positioned at a lower latitude will be moving along a curved path- but NOT spinning on its own axis. How then do we observe star trails producing perfect spirals around the stationary Polaris?? If the stars are 'stationary' as science says, this is only possible if the camera is spinning on its own axis (aka spinning around the center of its own lens).

If you have an answer besides the typical "it's simply a matter of the huge distance between Polaris and earth...", please leave it in the comment section below. Although I don't agree with it, 'distance' can be used to explain why Polaris seems stationary to us- but it does NOT change the fact that a camera will only spin when positioned on the North Pole.

Part 2 of my 'Polaris Questions' coming soon.
Thanks for watching. Peace!
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