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I don't lie on forums, you can go back through my post history and ask others that know me. I've been posting here for over a decade, I grew up in Seattle and my whole family lives there. I'm sure I have talked about Seattle a multitude of times if you want to go back though my posts history.
I'm a avid Seahawks fan, wrestled with Jens Pulver in JC, had a team mate who fought Josh Barnett in amateurs. Do some detective work on me if you feel like it.
I have tons of friends and family in Seattle and that photograph was taken outside of Seattle Dec 13, 2011. (I actually thought it was brand new, it popped up on my Facebook feed and said "Dec 13", I didn't realize it was a "Shared Memory")
To add to that these shadows have a simple explanation and that's the angle the light is hitting the mountains from. Of course, during the day the sun will be right overhead and these shadows won't be possible. But when the sun is rising in the distance (actually getting closer on the flat Earth model) the source of light is no longer shinning above the mountain but because of the distance is shinning at a much different angle.
Notice these shadows are only cast when the sun is rising and only during a certain time of year. Here's a website filled with these pictures.
http://www.amusingplanet.com/2013/10/the-shadow-of-mount-rainier.html
The website also mentions.
So as I've said these shadows only appear when the sun on the flat Earth is making it's approach and during a certain time of year.. The shadows can't be cast while above the mountain so it only makes sense it's cast from a great distance on flat Earth and the angle of the suns rays hitting the mountain are vastly changed because of the distance.
Some one earlier in the thread said you were saying "2+2=5", that's exactly what you're doing here. We all know how shadows work. If you draw a straight line from the source, past the obstruction, and onto the casting surface, that will show you exactly where the shadow will land. There's no way you can sketch a condition based on the Flat Earth model, that shows this effect.
You would need draw a straight line that starts at 3000 miles up, goes down to 14,410 feet, then goes back up to 30,000 feet. Only MC Escher could draw something like that.
It easy to sketch this in a round earth model.
The frequency of this effect has more to do with the cloud condition. You need to have nice flat consistent cloud ceiling at just the right height, and you need clear skies to the east of the mountain to allow the sun to pass through.
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