SoulWager t1_iyd370q wrote
Reply to comment by avdolian in ELI5: How is that space is “flat” yet we are able to look around the universe (up, down, left, right, etc.,) as if it were not flat? by nhabz
The only line of latitude that's not bending left or right is the equator. For an extreme example, imagine walking the line of latitude one meter from one of the poles.
A line of latitude one meter from the equator is still bending, just not as much.
Lines of longitude do not bend left or right, and they all intersect at the poles, even though they're all parallel at the equator.
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