text: The standard view of the universe explains why you can't see the southern cross from the northern hemisphere, explains why when I fly to New York from California I lose three hours, explains why watching a live show from China it's night time, but day here, it explains the eclipse were going to have this Aug in N America. It explains all that without having to squint and talk about shimmering in photos, it works without having to cliam NASA is a huge conspiracy with thousands of people lying, for no apparent reason. It works when you fly around the globe on a commercial flight.  It works when you flying to the sunset, and the sun sets slower. It works when you fly away from the sunset and it sets faster. It explains why we've never seen a photograph of the edge of the earth. It works to explain the seasons. It works to explain what happens when I go to Alaska on the summer or winter solstice. It does all this without having to squint and look for shimmering on the horizon.