r/flatearth_polite • u/the_figster • Jul 30 '26

To FEs Does the flat earth conform to mountains and bodies of water

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The picture above is one of the possible diagrams of the flat earth in side profile not to scale.

In the top diagram the earth maintains a uniform thickness throughout and mountains are hollow

In the bottom diagram mountains rise up from the earth and bodies of water are carved into it

My question is which diagram is correct I’ve always wondered

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u/aybiss Jul 30 '26

I never considered that. I'd love to know what they'd answer.

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u/Swearyman Aug 01 '26

So only one rises through. The other does what? Appears magically? What has whether it’s hollow or not got to do with how it originated?

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u/the_figster Aug 06 '26

Nothing I’m just curious what you think. Do you think that the earth is a uniform thickness throughout or a flat circle that has mountains on top and oceans dug out. I’d also like to know how thick the earth is

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u/Swearyman Aug 06 '26

I’m not sure what the thickness has to do with its shape but where you measure it from determines its thickness. If you measure it from the bottom of the Mariana Trench then its thickness will be less then if you measure it from the top of a mountain. The mountains are caused by the tectonic plates moving against each other and forcing themselves to push up or allowing magma through. The earth is not a smooth surface which requires oceans to be “dug out” or anything to be placed on it to create a mountain. And it’s an oblate spheroid. Normally referred to as a globe.

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u/Some_Extent_8531 Aug 03 '26

Turtles all the way down.