The earth is a sphere, or a spherical shape.

Thanks you for this second debate.I will address the arguments posted forward in his prior debate.Premise I: Proof v ClaimA claim made with no evidence or proof is void. It must be ignored as it is not an argument. If Con says a photo is photoshopped, but doesn't prove this or even show a link proving it, we must assume it is not photoshopped. Denial is not an argument. ALL BOP is on Con.Rebuttal I: Bradford Experiment.Con's first argument is centered around the Bradford Experiment, where a man uses a high powered telescope to prove that the Earth is flat. That error in this debunked experiment was that it had failed to account for optic refraction and a number of other factors. When these atmospheric effects are accounted for, Alfred Wallace discovered that the Earth was curved (1). The Bradford Experiment as long since been disproven.[1] http://rationalwiki.org...[]Rebuttal II: Acceleration.Con fails, in his second paragraph, to account for gravity. The gravity of the Core is strong enough to keep the water 'flat.' The rotation of the Earth also powers this gravity, forcing the water downward, creating a 'flat' like surface. This is basic physics, and is why you can take a bucket full of water, spin it in a circle quickly, and the water flattens instead of flying out of the bucket.As for the balloon experiment... laughable. The Earth is 20,000+ miles long. Getting a balloon a mile or so up won't give you a very good view of the curve. Let's use a better video... A balloon launched into the Stratosphere (2). You can see the slight curvature of the Earth from it's height.[2] []Rebuttal III: AntarcticaAntarctica is off limits to oil companies for a number of reasons... The few species that live there depend on the environment because it is the only environment they can live in. It wouldn't be the first time this month alone that environmentalists have won such victories in the name of the environment. The cost to the environment in Antarctica is far from being matched by what little Oil is in the region. Antarctica has few oil reserves... very few (3).[3] http://www.asoc.org...[]Rebuttal IV: Motion of the EarthCon's claim presumes that the 'plane' in question starts at 0 miles an hour, and then moves at 500 miles an hour when it starts moving. In truth, as the Earth moves 1,000 miles an hour, so is the plane. When it moves against the Earth's rotation, it is pushing against it's initial motion, causing it to move only 500 miles an hour. And when it moves with the Earth, it is now moving 1,500 miles an hour. Basic programming will teach us when this. The movement is relative to the Earth's.This is akin to a moving platform. When you are on it, it does not move without you. If it moves at 2 mph, so do you. When you walk at 1 mph, you are actually moving 1 mph + the 2 mph you were already moving. Ignoring these basic physics is the only way for Con's argument to succeed.Rebuttal V: The Sun.a) Clouds behind the Sun.This is basic light-work. An illusion. Clouds are made of gas, and light can pass through it. Gas can only block out so much light, after all. When the light behind it is too strong, it looks as through the cloud is behind the light. There is also the bloom effect that allows the light to appear to pass around the cloud. (4)b) Size of the Sun.This is silly. They appear to be the same size because the sun is FAR bigger but FAR further away. Art has used this tactic for thousands of years to create beautiful effects.[4] https://www.metabunk.org...[]Argument I: Size of the Conspiracy.The most basic principle when it comes to conspiracy is that it MUST be small enough to survive. Having a thousand members in a conspiracy will make it too large to survive. And yet Con's conspiracy would require tens of thousands of members involved (maybe hundreds of thousands), and hundreds of years of existence. Con must prove that such a conspiracy CAN exist before proving it DOES exist.Argument II: Errors in the Flat Earth Theory.NASA's images are not the only ones to find the shape of the Earth spherical. Independent images by dozens of groups have found the same results. Unless Con can PROVE (as opposed to just claiming) each group is involved in his conspiracy. Such groups include National Geographic, Google, and a group of soldiers from New Mexico in 1946 running an independent test (7). There is the Blue Marble... The famous photo from NASA. Con claimed that it was faked, but that is a claim. Not an argument. Con fails to realize he must prove it is faked. He can't just say it is.[7] https://cut2thetruth.wordpress.com...[]Conclusion: All of Con's claims are backed only by a lack of simple physics. Con has yet to prove any claim he has made.