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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nice fact

vivek at 05:08AM, Jan 26th 2008.

I'm afraid that's not quite right - from just outside Earth's atmosphere you can indeed see the great wall, as well as farmers' fields, boats on the sea and even some individual buildings. If you go further, you can see nothing :)

alex wivs at 11:54AM, Jan 30th 2008.

There is difference between out space and atmosphere.

Oxygen at 05:29PM, Feb 19th 2008.

This is indeed wrong. It can be seen from space, but not from the moon, which is the usual myth. Plus the fresh kills landfill in staten island can be seen from space and is regarded as the largest man made structure.

scaremonger at 10:54AM, May 16th 2008.

the m25 motorway around london is visable from space ?

steve at 02:59PM, May 20th 2008.

excellent fact!!!!
thanks for such informatio

SANGHAMITRA at 07:01AM, Jul 29th 2008.

Outer Space is everything outside the Earth's atmosphere that is not an object like a rock or a planet or a sun. ...

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kusak at 07:48AM, Jul 30th 2008.

For those that care, the light atop the Luxor casino in Las Vegas, Nevada is known to be one of the few manmade structures visible from space. Look it up.

Absolute Zero at 04:32PM, Sep 23rd 2008.

Bloody interesting fact, thanx a lot for the valuable information.!!!!

FRIGO at 08:23AM, Oct 3rd 2008.

amazing

dogluver at 07:30PM, Nov 10th 2008.

Palm Island is visible from outer space as well.

Mongolist at 07:41AM, Dec 2nd 2008.

I do not understand as to why there are so many nasty people using internet. Like, I can see a comment that "my ass is visible from outerspace too!! yup" WHY! Many say, most of the people who believe they are sanes are actually insanes. In case of these people who writes, my ass is visible from outerspace too!! yup. What are they if not insae?

I know he/she will put again a bad comment if he/she sees my comment. Please remember, human were animals or at least something alike ages ago, please do not go back!

Shahidul KK Shuvra at 09:36AM, Jan 10th 2009.

Dear All:

Let's not prove that we [the internet users] are all monkeys and make Darwin dance in his grave!

There's no credit in behaving like a monkey. Please remember human is a superior creature or at least we can prove that through civilized behavior!

Shahidul KK Shuvra at 09:42AM, Jan 10th 2009.

I have a question........... Is it true that the bricks supplied for building the wall all came from Jewsons?

Fifi Logan at 10:51AM, Jan 15th 2009.

I think it was an offshoot of jewsons. owned by gengus karns half bro. muk brick stakoom-high.. he was a knd man wh smelt of murry mints and always carried a packet of jaffa cakes wherever he went?

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tiffany-amber mcfeeblefee at 01:31PM, Jan 15th 2009.

cooool fact!!!

kaushani at 01:46AM, Feb 7th 2009.

er... thats not correct..... there are pictures to prove that....

LillyA at 07:20PM, Mar 29th 2009.

This is not correct - the Great Wall cannot be seen from space, orbit, a sub orbital lob, 30,000ft or Google Earth.

Dave at 09:49PM, Mar 30th 2009.

I would really love to know how many of you have travelled to space to be able to contest the validity of this fact all you guys keep saying is blah blah blah this is visible that is visible truth is unless your astronauts how the hell would you know

kdobs at 09:06AM, Apr 12th 2009.

There is another man.made artifact visible from space, the M25 (Motorway) RingRoad around London, England, and I would imagine many more European motorways would be visible when seen at night, due to the high incidence of Highway illumination throughout Europe, in fact ALL of Belgiums motorways are illuminated!

AJ at 12:44PM, May 21st 2009.

This myth is true from Space meaning where out atmosphere ends, the Wall is not visible, even the Astronauts on the International Space Station say that cannot see it and they are techincaly still within the highest point of our atmosphere.

Joey at 04:39AM, Jul 12th 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 02:55PM, Jul 16th 2009.

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

kk at 10:43AM, Jul 17th 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 12:52PM, Aug 11th 2009.

wow guys. chill it's just facts

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

This fact has been revised. Thank you for helping us get the truth!

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

Hi!!!!!I'm Russian pupil.My teacher set me homework and I must write 7 interesting facts about London!!!!Pleeeeeeeeeaaaaseeee, help me!!!!!!!

Zina at 02:39PM, Sep 25th 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 08:52AM, Oct 11th 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 07:29PM, Oct 12th 2009.

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

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

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 09:24PM, Dec 2nd 2009.

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