When I was little, I used to believe that I could see the earth turning: whenever the clouds were blowing across the sky, I thought that the clouds were standing still and I could see the sky moving behind them.
A childhood belief about weather

others believed things like this
- When I was about 4 and I saw the clouds moving sideways, I thought that Earth was moving closer to the Sun— Helen
- I used to watch the clouds blowing across the sky and think I was seeing evidence of the earth's rotation.— Dave T
- When I saw that the clouds were moving in the sky, I thought it was because of the rotation of the earth.Anon
- When I looked up in the sky and could see the clouds moving I used to think that it was the earth spinning.— JOhn
- I used to believe that when I saw the clouds moving in the sky, that it was actually the earth moving. — Megan Gilbert
- I used to believe that when it would be raining the white clouds lost to the dark clouds.— janet