10 Misconceptions Rundown
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10) The Great Wall of China is the only man-made object visible from space.To see something on Earth from space, it would have to be pretty big, which the great wallof China all 5,000 miles of it certainly is. But, it’s only 30 feet across at its widest.Here’s a photo taken from the International Space station, 200 miles above Earth. Canyou spot the great wall amid the mountain tops?Here, right? No, that’s a river, the wall is actually here. Even if you guessed theright lines buy pure luck, this photo was taken with a zoom lens, so from the windowof the space station it looks more like this – which pretty clearly makes the Great Wallcount as ‘not visible.’ As for the man-made part of this misconceptionour glorious man-made cities blasting light into the void...
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10) The Great Wall of China is the only man-made object visible from space.To see something on Earth from space, it would have to be pretty big, which the great wallof China all 5,000 miles of it certainly is. But, it’s only 30 feet across at its widest.Here’s a photo taken from the International Space station, 200 miles above Earth. Canyou spot the great wall amid the mountain tops?Here, right? No, that’s a river, the wall is actually here. Even if you guessed theright lines buy pure luck, this photo was taken with a zoom lens, so from the windowof the space station it looks more like this – which pretty clearly makes the Great Wallcount as ‘not visible.’ As for the man-made part of this misconceptionour glorious man-made cities blasting light into the void...
