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<blockquote data-quote="Nadaka" data-source="post: 4172330" data-attributes="member: 14651">the &quot;horizon&quot; would seem to be higher as well as farther. In every direction you look, the odds are that there will be an object higher than your eye. However with a curved world, the curvature reduces the effective height of objects along the same line.&nbsp;This phenomenon has been observed in exploring the moon where the horizon seems a little lower than on earth. Astronauts have noted that they feel taller on the moon as a result.On the topic of fantastic geography:&nbsp; one of my D&amp;D campaigns I have a torus shaped world. On the outside it is almost imperceptible from a sphere. Its just that the east-west horizons dip a little lower than north-south. As one moves towards the inner surface the two &quot;higher&quot; horizons rise and move together. When you reach the midpoint and continue the other side of the world rises above the horizon in a great arc. At first it is barely noticeable in the glare of the sun, but at night it it occludes the stars in the background. A little farther in and you can see the sunlit side of the opposite side of the world at night as a glorious glowing arc next the the starless void. During the day, enough of the other side rises above the horizon to be clearly seen even during most of the day. Days grow shorter and shorter as more of the sky is hidden behind the other side. And finally as one approaches towards the inner center of the world, you can witness the eclipse of your own world as it passes in front of the sun towards mid day.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Nadaka, post: 4172330, member: 14651"] the "horizon" would seem to be higher as well as farther. In every direction you look, the odds are that there will be an object higher than your eye. However with a curved world, the curvature reduces the effective height of objects along the same line. This phenomenon has been observed in exploring the moon where the horizon seems a little lower than on earth. Astronauts have noted that they feel taller on the moon as a result. On the topic of fantastic geography: one of my D&D campaigns I have a torus shaped world. On the outside it is almost imperceptible from a sphere. Its just that the east-west horizons dip a little lower than north-south. As one moves towards the inner surface the two "higher" horizons rise and move together. When you reach the midpoint and continue the other side of the world rises above the horizon in a great arc. At first it is barely noticeable in the glare of the sun, but at night it it occludes the stars in the background. A little farther in and you can see the sunlit side of the opposite side of the world at night as a glorious glowing arc next the the starless void. During the day, enough of the other side rises above the horizon to be clearly seen even during most of the day. Days grow shorter and shorter as more of the sky is hidden behind the other side. And finally as one approaches towards the inner center of the world, you can witness the eclipse of your own world as it passes in front of the sun towards mid day. [/QUOTE]

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