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question I couldn't find in FAQ

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jpquinn

question I couldn't find in FAQ
« on: August 17, 2008, 07:21:36 PM »
if Earth was flat, couldn't you stand on a mountain in the U.S. and see China through a strong telescope? or see Mt. Everest or the Ice Wall or something?
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Oscar Wilde

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Re: question I couldn't find in FAQ
« Reply #1 on: August 17, 2008, 07:23:19 PM »
No.
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jpquinn

Re: question I couldn't find in FAQ
« Reply #2 on: August 17, 2008, 07:30:02 PM »
why not?
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WardoggKC130FE

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Re: question I couldn't find in FAQ
« Reply #3 on: August 17, 2008, 08:01:08 PM »
The atmosphere is too thick.
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Oscar Wilde

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Re: question I couldn't find in FAQ
« Reply #4 on: August 17, 2008, 08:06:59 PM »
Precisely. The atmolayer is not perfectly transparent.
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jpquinn

Re: question I couldn't find in FAQ
« Reply #5 on: August 17, 2008, 08:19:31 PM »
do you think it's too thick to see farther than 4,374.29 meters with a telescope (which is the ground distance from eye level to the round-earth horizon)?
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WardoggKC130FE

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Re: question I couldn't find in FAQ
« Reply #6 on: August 17, 2008, 08:24:32 PM »
A fellow Kansan...neat.

I live 28 miles away from a pretty tall moutain.  Some days I can see it some days I cant, due to atmospheric conditions, IE humidity and density and whatnot.  Thats why you can't stand on a mountain in the US and see China.  


Well that and the world is actually round.  ;)
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