Can you see 55 miles away in any weather condition?

[Hatuey]

Can you see 55 miles away in any weather condition?

 

[Tucker Case]

It depends.... are you within 55 miles of Rosie O'Donnell on a clear day?

 

[mikhail]

whats this about?

 

[Hatuey]

whats this about?

I thought it was a question worth asking.

 

[mikhail]

well i dunno what this is relevant too but i can see pretty far into space

 

[Hatuey]

well i dunno what this is relevant too but i can see pretty far into space

I meant on the ground?

 

[Hatuey]

well i dunno what this is relevant too but i can see pretty far into space

I meant on the ground? Not lookin' up.

 

[mikhail]

I meant on the ground? Not lookin' up.

whos to say whats up or down?

Anyway im still confused as to what is significant about 55 miles?

 

[Edify_Always_In_All_Ways]

Anyway im still confused as to what is significant about 55 miles?

I'm guessing that's the distance from some part of Alaska (Palin's house?) to Russia.

 

[obvious Child]

Can you see 55 miles away in any weather condition?

Seriously? Palin made a stupid remark. Move on.

 

[mikhail]

I'm guessing that's the distance from some part of Alaska (Palin's house?) to Russia.

hmm i know you can see Morocco from the costa del sol.You can definetly see Russia from Alaska from the closest point.

 

[ADK_Forever]

Seriously? Palin made a stupid remark. Move on.

She may be stupid but, you can see Russia from an area of Alaska. However, Palin has never been there! :mrgreen:

 

[Ikari]

I'm guessing that's the distance from some part of Alaska (Palin's house?) to Russia.

It's the narrowest portion of the Bering Straight. But as pointed out to me earlier today, technically there are two small islands only a few (~3) miles apart; one which technically belongs to Russia and the other which technically belongs to Alaska. I say technically because I don't think anyone lives on those islands.

 

[Hatuey]

Seriously? Palin made a stupid remark. Move on.

No I'm serious. Can you see 55 miles in any weather condition? I tried it the other day and I only saw about 5-6 miles.

 

[marduc]

The horizon will be 55 miles away at a height of 2017 feet above ground level at horizon.

D^2/1.5= H where D is distance in miles to the horizon, and H is height above ground in feet.

 

[marduc]

this is not taking into account visibility, just distance to the horizon. The definitive answer to your question is possibly.

In extremely clean air in Arctic or mountainous areas, the visibility can be up to 70 kilometres (43 mi) to 100 kilometres (62 mi).

Visibility - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Kandahar]

Can you see 55 miles away in any weather condition?

If you're up high enough, yes you can. If you're at sea level, then probably not, because of the curvature of the earth. I'm not sure exactly how far you could see before the earth curves away from you...but I know for a fact that you can't see Cuba from Key West (90 miles) even on a clear day.

 

[ADK_Forever]

No I'm serious. Can you see 55 miles in any weather condition? I tried it the other day and I only saw about 5-6 miles.

Soooo, there is no purpose to this?

 

[Hatuey]

Soooo, there is no purpose to this?

not really.

 

[Sir Loin]

My answer is yes, quite frequently. I am fortunate enough to be in the vicinity of one of the largest batholiths in the world. Which I always climb and enjoy the wind effects from when at the pinnacle.

I also just recently smoked a Butera Bravo Corto on the back platform of the High Finance. Not only could I see 55 miles, I could see 55 miles in all directions. Albuquerque, Los Alamos, White Sands and Santa Fe could all be seen from the platform I was standing on at just over 10,000 feet above sea level.

Thanks to the altitude my cigar had the effect of a blunt.:doh Likewise the cigarette the two geriatric women were sharing near me had similar effects, it was quite the giggle fest with them out there.

 

[CaptainCourtesy]

Come on, Hatuey. Say what you mean instead of creating threads that just try to trap others. You want to talk about Palin's comment, do it.

 

[Sir Loin]

Come on, Hatuey. Say what you mean instead of creating threads that just try to trap others. You want to talk about Palin's comment, do it.

Now CC "we" thought he meant he was on a beach near his new home with a real powerful set of binoculars!rof

 

[Goobieman]

Can you see 55 miles away in any weather condition?

When looking an open, flat area (like at sea level looking across the ocean) the horizon is ~22 miles away.
If you, or what you are looking at, is above sea level, you can see farther.
Obviously, this assumes your target is large enough to see.

 

[Tucker Case]

Obviously, this assumes your target is large enough to see.

Thus, my Rosie O'Donnell comment.

 

[Goobieman]

Thus, my Rosie O'Donnell comment.

:rofl
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