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3300 miles above surface of water and 32 miles wide sun is visible because it is not gazillion light years away. It is right here and if you put stick under it cast no shadow. That spot is 52 km or 32 miles circle .
triangle has 180 degree sum of all tree angles
By measured distance between two boats and two angles to the object far away . we know distance to the object . because third angle become known and treangle can be zoomed on paper and use gradation between to angles can get exact distance to the third one from the both angles.
That's how angles become English and rule over sees.