When I was little I used to lay on the ground and look up at the sky. I swore I could see the earth turning, because I thought clouds were stationery so the movement I was seeing must be the earth spinning slowly.
A childhood belief about landscape
others believed things like this
- 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 the wind was from the earth turning.Anon
- When I saw that the clouds were moving in the sky, I thought it was because of the rotation of the earth.Anon
- I use to believe that the earth rotates on actually axes....i just pictured it spinning on red handle axesAnon
- 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 was about 4 and I saw the clouds moving sideways, I thought that Earth was moving closer to the Sun— Helen