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So are there pictures of what a distant mountain actually looks like over 500km across the Earth; that is the point after all? Or is there already a YouTube video of this?
Surely the longest distance would be, from the top of the highest point on Earth (top of Everest), to the horizon?
Surely the longest distance would be, from the top of the highest point on Earth (top of Everest), to the horizon?
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If you included skyscrapers I bet you'd have the same list no changes. Most of these mountains are > 2km tall.
you'd still probably have one of those coordinates (of the tall mountain) remain the same, then find a tower that goes even further than the second point - although I never assume my logic is correct in geodesy/astronomy, especially when I'm tired edit* - in practice you're probably right
Does this mean that there is no known place (point) on Earth from which you can see some other point that is more than 538km away?
Surely the longest distance would be, from the top of the highest point on Earth (top of Everest), to the horizon?
Surely the longest distance would be, from the top of the highest point on Earth (top of Everest), to the horizon?
A mountain might be past the "natural" horizon but emerge from beyond it. Thus, two mountains at the right distance and line of sight could easily have a longer horizion distance.