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		Doradus on July 27, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Longest Lines of Sight on Earth Depends on the elevation of the horizon.

a12jun on July 27, 2017 [–]

How so? You mean due to sea level?

Aardwolf on July 27, 2017 | [–]

You would want at least a mountain on (or "behind" instead of "on", with its tip sticking out) the horizon as well. You could see a distant 6km high mountain from another 6km high mountain much farther, than flat horizon from an 8km high mountain (mt Everest)

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