I can see Great Britain, France, The Netherlands, Luxembourg and Germany from a lot of parts of my country.
Although I’m not sure about Great Britain, the distance between Koksijde and Ramsgate is a full 51.49 miles whereas the distance between Dezhnevo and Bering Strait is only a small 52.07 miles. But apparently are the eyes of certain people in Alaska better than mine. Must have something to do with training your eyes while shooting moose? I never tried but can you see Dover from Calais? It’s only 25 miles!
I was told that the human eye can see on average 10 kilometers. Greatly depending on weather conditions (and of course the size of the object). That’s 6.2137 miles by the way.
I congratulate the people in the United States of America who have voted today. Remember that your new vice president wont have such great eyes! Let’s hope that the Russians wont attack now that they know the people in The White House don’t have great eyes!
Afstand tussen alaska en rusland is minder dan 52 mijl:
http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=little%20diomede%20island&um=1&sa=N&tab=wl
I can see the stars and they’re light years away!
The other variable is the height you’re viewing from due to the curvature of the earth
From the top of Snaefell, on the Isle of Man I remember seeing Scotland which is around 20 miles away, and on a clear day you can supposedly see England, Ireland and Wales
I could definitely see Ireland from the Ardbeg distillery in Islay when I was up there drinking whisky… though thats only about 44 km or so.
> can you see Dover from Calais?
Yes!
Not that I’d want to defend that moron Sarah Palin, or think it matters whether you can see Russia from Alaska, but the smallest distance between Russian and American territory is 4 km.
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diomede_Islands — you can see Big Diomede Island (Russian territory) from Little Diomede Island (American territory).
I’ve never been to Calais, but I can attest that you can see Cap Gris Nez from Dover.