Funny holidays - Day of Looking at the Horizon

People have long loved to watch a rainbow appear at the point where heaven and earth meet, and ships and camels disappear from sight The ancient Greeks and Romans gave the name to this line horizont - “limit”, “frontier”, “border” In open, flat terrain close to northern latitudes, the distance from an average height observer to the junction of the earth and the sky can be a maximum of 5 km This makes you want to try to peer into the distance and even look beyond the horizon A funny holiday has been invented in honor of the imaginary line August 5th is Skyline Day Flat Earth supporters often discuss the boundary between the sky and water or land They argue that if the planet was spherical, people would see the horizon as an arc, rather than a straight line Opponents of the theory say that the curvature of the planet is not visible due to the limitations of human vision As proof, supporters of a round Earth cite calculations of the refraction of a light beam in an optically dense medium The character of the 1938 Soviet fairy tale, old man Hottabych, spoke of the horizon as the meeting place of the heavenly dome with the firmament of the earth The author of the work about the adventures of the boy Volka and his friendship with the genie was hardly a “flat-earther” However, the statement of the wise old man suggests that the writer L Lagin believed that a solid dome rises above the Earth, limiting flights into outer space and protecting it from cosmic radiation, the fall of large meteorites and small asteroids There is no other way to use the expression “heavenly dome” by the main character of the story, Hottabych At the line connecting sky and earth, you can see the sun setting below the horizon, and beautiful mirages and northern lights appear in the Arctic region Fata Morgana in the desert, an illusion created in the air due to the refraction of the sun's rays, takes the form of oases, camel caravans and mysterious cities On the horizon, people observe a halo ring, a near-zenith rainbow and a green beam - a short-term flash of light with the appearance of a star in the morning hours For the sake of these optical illusions and atmospheric phenomena, a person looks into the distance, to where the sky meets the earth The horizon has been attracting people with its mysteries and inaccessibility for many centuries That is why the expression “look beyond the horizon” appeared, ie lift the veil of secrecy over future events and learn something new Not everyone is ready to take a step towards the unknown An unusual holiday is called upon to push people to expand the boundaries of knowledge and develop imagination - Day of Looking at the Horizon