Subject: a question
Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2000 15:17:42 EST

I have just recently read up on the flat earth society, and I am not asking 
this to question the beliefs,, but it has been said, that a person at the 
oceans edge can only see out 3 miles., is this due to that strength of the 
human eye? because if you had a telescope perfectly level at the same spot. 
looking out to sea. it would (in theory) only be able show objects three 
miles away? How is this so?