INTERESTING FACT

The Great Wall Myth

It is common mistake to say that The Great wall of China is visible from outer space. It is too thin to be noticed from such a great distance. There are no man made structures that are visible from space or moon. Man made objects start to disappear after 300 miles up. From that distance you can barely see the outline of the Great China Wall. If we consider that distance from Earth to Moon is around 384,403 kilometers/238,857 miles then we can draw reasonable conclusion that it would be impossible to see any man-made structures from such a distance. Astronaut Alan Bean said: "The only thing you can see from the moon is a beautiful sphere, mostly white (clouds), some blue (ocean), patches of yellow (deserts), and every once in a while some green vegetation. No man-made object is visible on this scale. In fact, when first leaving earth's orbit and only a few thousand miles away, no man-made object is visible at that point either."

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Jegan at at 04:44PM, Jan 29th 2012.

man-made structures not man made structures. man made structures is a sentence. man-made structures are nouns

aliciasbanzon at at 07:33PM, Dec 9th 2011.

the great KHALI?????LOL

dave at at 01:23AM, Nov 5th 2011.

My ego is so big that you can see it from Mars

Georgie at at 08:43PM, Oct 17th 2011.

It's probably true that you can't see the wall from the moon, but the 'myth' is seeing it from space, which begins much closer at about 75 miles up.

Diello at at 11:12PM, Sep 26th 2011.

i think no one in this world is correct

akash m thakare at at 02:59AM, Aug 23rd 2011.

The beginning of outer space was defined in 2009 as being 73 miles above the earth's surface. I suspect you can clearly see the Great Wall of China from that altitude ( but I haven't been there to confirm it).

Dean at at 02:02PM, Aug 4th 2011.

obviously itz a true fact tat china wall cant be seen from such a far distance..y do we care abt it..anywayz we are not gonna see it from space..right!.. and also y do we have to see it as a tiny thing.. lets go china and see it..:)

sumayya at at 08:56AM, Jul 19th 2011.

The true facts are: The panama canal or the great wall of China are invisibile from space due to the enormous distance, unless you use a spy satellite or 6 beers; you can even see pigs flying! :-)

Franky at at 04:44PM, Jun 11th 2011.

i would have been continue the false believe until you have corrected it

salilankk at at 07:41PM, Jun 4th 2011.

Actually the Panama Cannal can be seen from the moon, it is technically a man made structure as it was designed and dug in the 20th century and carried out by Rosavelt after the president before him abandoned the plans due to diseases such as malaria.

Sandshark at at 01:37AM, Sep 9th 2010.

everyone is a fool over here , nothing can be seen from such a long distance.
its moon guys not the toilet @ the back of ur home.

surjit at at 04:52PM, Aug 17th 2010.

Hey, I saw a pic taken from Moon, which showed the wall of china... probably on a clear night, with some good zoom, they could have taken the pic... its obvious, U never know if it was taken from moons surface.

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aluysasa at at 01:02PM, Apr 5th 2010.

Well it could be doubt, there still cant be given a proof if the space did magic this the Great Wall, it could be something else instead of the space. I still dont know about if this fact is true

Kikka at at 09:24PM, Dec 2nd 2009.

thanks for the infomation.it was a real big help. and again thank you

lachontierra skinner at at 10:15AM, Nov 12th 2009.

Actually the fact states that at 300 miles from Earth you can see the outline, well the International Space Station orbits the Earth at between 200 and 240 miles, so that means you can actually see the Great Wall from space.

Jimmy at at 07:29PM, Oct 12th 2009.

What about the luxor hotel in Las Vegas. They said with the light at the top at full power, it could be seen from space. Is that true?

Brady Sloan at at 08:52AM, Oct 11th 2009.

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Zina at at 02:39PM, Sep 25th 2009.

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Interesting Facts at at 03:35AM, Sep 17th 2009.

wow guys. chill it's just facts

charli at at 01:58PM, Sep 7th 2009.

you can also see the man made palm island on the coast of dubai and those man made islands shaped as earth on the same place....

emina at at 12:52PM, Aug 11th 2009.

bastards give the correct fact..........

kk at at 10:43AM, Jul 17th 2009.

everyone keeps yapping about how all them are visible from space. do you not think that if you use a satelite with a good camera you can. it means the naked eye from the moon. catch a grip

kevin at at 02:55PM, Jul 16th 2009.

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