Clouds Behind The Sun DOES NOT Prove That The Earth Is Flat. Photography Will Explain It

So recently this has been circling, that photographs of clouds appearing to move behind the Sun proves that the Sun is very close to Earth and that the Earth is flat (Yeah… Bet you didn’t see that one coming). Here’s a good example :

Although, in reality, this is not the case at all. With the help of photography, this theory is totally a piece of cake. Basically the Sun is really really bright. So bright that in most photos and videos it just appears as something at the maximum brightness the camera can handle, so it just appears as flat white circle. If something goes in front of it that is transparent enough to let light to go in front of it (Like clouds), it will appear as if that object moves “behind” the Sun, even though in reality it’s just the camera’s exposure being too low to capture something that transparent in front of something that intensely bright. The same goes with the Moon, as it was just as bright as the Sun in daylight.

So then you ask “If that’s the case, why isn’t the middle and lower clouds (Imaged) appear behind the Sun as well?”. Pretty easy, not all clouds are transparent. Transparent clouds are clouds like Cirrus cloud, Cirrostratus clouds, several sub-types of Altocumulus clouds, Contrails (Engine exhausts from aircraft) ,Cirrostratus Nebulosus clouds, Altostratus Translucidus clouds, etc. These clouds are transparent enough to let light goes through it, making it appear “behind” the light source. Whereas thicker clouds, such as Cumulus clouds, Nimbostratus clouds, Altocumulus Castellanus clouds, Fractus clouds, Thunderstorm clouds, etc. are not transparent enough to let light goes through it. So it just literally goes in front of the light source.

Here’s an experiment I set up by myself to simplify this. You can try this at home if you want to.

Here, the lamp represents the sun. We started off with a clear sky with no clouds

Cloud Transparency Experiment. No clouds

Now, a sheet of paper was placed in front of it to represent the transparent cloud.

Cloud Transparency Experiment. Clouds appearing “behind” the Sun

As you might see, due to the transparency of the paper, the middle section of the paper appears to be “behind” the lamp. I promise that I don’t use any Photoshop tool to edit this picture.

Thicker clouds block more light. Here, I add a bunch of paper sheets to represent a thicker cloud. Now, it appears in front of the lamp.

Cloud Transparency Experiment. Thicker clouds block more light

Got the conclusion yet? The conclusion is simply, The Earth isn’t flat. Oh and, Learn Photography. Tag a flat-earther to make them see this.

Got any questions? Leave it in the comments below. As always, I’m Raga Khalif, Thanks for reading 🙂