\documentclass{standalone} % \usepackage{tikz} \usetikzlibrary{backgrounds} \usetikzlibrary{plotmarks} \usetikzlibrary{arrows} \usetikzlibrary{arrows.meta} \tikzset{>={Latex[width=5mm,length=10mm]}} \usetikzlibrary{decorations, decorations.text} % \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{xcolor} \definecolor{space}{HTML}{0A2543} \definecolor{earth}{HTML}{0089FA} \definecolor{mars}{HTML}{DC7B4E} \definecolor{dida}{HTML}{FFDE00} \definecolor{title}{HTML}{FBA706} \definecolor{moon}{HTML}{AFAFAF} \definecolor{lsb}{HTML}{D8603E} % \usepackage{mathptmx} \usepackage{fontspec} \setmainfont{Montserrat} % \title{Eratosthenes method} \begin{document} \tikzset{partial ellipse/.style args = {#1:#2:#3}{insert path={+ (#1:#3) arc (#1:#2:#3)}}} \begin{tikzpicture} \begin{scope} %earth's surface \draw [fill=earth] (-11,1) arc(90:0:18) -- (-11,-17) -- (-11,1); %surface's label \draw [decorate,decoration={text along path, raise=8pt, text align=right, text={|\fontsize{27}{28}\selectfont|Earth's surface}}] (-11,1) arc(90:0:18); %center of the earth and label \draw [ultra thick] (-11,-16) arc(90:0:1); \node at (-5,-16.5) () {\fontsize{27}{28}\selectfont Center of the Earth}; %wall \draw[rotate around={-38:(0.18,-2.9)},ultra thick,fill=white, opacity=0.5] (0.18,-2.9) -- (0.7,-2.9) -- (0.7,-4.4) -- (0.18,-4.4) -- (0.18,-2.9); %arrows \begin{scope} %label vertical alexandria \draw [decorate,decoration={text along path, raise=6pt, text align=center, text={|\fontsize{24}{25}\selectfont\color{red}|Vertical at Alexandria}}] (-1.88,-1.48) -- (4.8,9.9); %label parallels \draw[shift={(-1,0.8)}] [decorate, decoration={text along path, raise=2pt, text align=center, text={|\fontsize{24}{25}\selectfont\color{blue}|Parallel ray's to the Sun}}] (0.36,-3.05) -- (11.1,10.1); %sun rays and syene label \draw[arrows=->, color=blue, ultra thick] (0.36,-3.05) -- (11.1,10.1) node [below, midway, sloped] (TextNode) {\textcolor{red}{\fontsize{24}{25}\selectfont Vertical to Syene}}; %sun rays alexandria \draw[arrows=->, color=blue, ultra thick, shift={(-2.24,1.57)}] (0.36,-3.05) -- (11.1,10.1); %verticals alexandria syene \draw[arrows=->, color=red, ultra thick] (-11,-17) -- (4.8,9.9); \draw[arrows=->, color=red, ultra thick, rotate around={-8.75:(-11,-17)}] (-11,-17) -- (4.8,9.9); %5000 stadia \draw[arrows=<->,color=black, ultra thick] (-1.38,-0.58) -- (0.98,-2.35); \draw [decorate,decoration={text along path, raise=10pt, text align=center, text={|\fontsize{15}{16}\selectfont\color{black}|stadia}}] (-1.38,-0.58) -- (0.98,-2.35); \draw [decorate,decoration={text along path, raise=25pt, text align=center, text={|\fontsize{15}{16}\selectfont\color{black}|5000}}] (-1.38,-0.58) -- (0.98,-2.35); %alexandria arrow \draw[arrows=<-, ultra thick] (-1.88,-1.48) -- (-2.3,1.5) -- (-3,1.7) node [left] (TextNode) {\textcolor{black}{\fontsize{21}{22}\selectfont Alexandria}}; %syene arrow \draw[arrows=<-, ultra thick] (0.36,-3.05) -- (2.3,-2) -- (3.3,-2) node [right] (TextNode) {\textcolor{black}{\fontsize{21}{22}\selectfont Syene (aswan) Wall}}; \end{scope} %equator \draw[-,dashed, ultra thick, rotate around={1:(0.4,-10.8)}] (0.4,-10.8) -- (4.9,-8.5) node [above, midway, sloped] (TextNode) {\textcolor{black}{\fontsize{21}{22}\selectfont Equator}}; %1/50th \draw [ultra thick] (-8.75,-13) arc(90:63:2) node [right] (TextNode) {\textcolor{black}{\fontsize{15}{16}\selectfont $\;$ 7\textdegree 12' or 1/50th of a circle}}; \draw [ultra thick] (0.52,2.7) arc(90:63:2); % \node at (-5.5,8.5) () {\textcolor{black}{\fontsize{21}{22}\selectfont 50 $\cdot$ 5000 $=$ 250000 stadia}}; \node at (-3.05,7.5) () {\textcolor{black}{\fontsize{21}{22}\selectfont $\simeq$ 56000000 meters}}; \end{scope} % \end{tikzpicture} % \end{document}