This person is so confused. No wonder he has done a very poor job.

Why isn't the Earth perfectly round in the photos? Simple, it isn't. The Earth's equatorial diameter is 12,756 km, while the polar diameter is 12,714 km. There is also a slight bulge (about 45 m) in Northern Hemisphere, making it slightly pear-shaped.

The rest of his arguments are thoroughly naive, so I won't address them.

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