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Phobos
Mar15-04, 10:10 AM
Old news to most of us, but now China is officially recognizing it.
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/03/12/china.great.wall.myth.ap/index.html

Have the makers of Trivial Pursuit clued in yet?

zoobyshoe
Mar16-04, 01:45 AM
Yes, but surely the "Great Chain Of Starbucks" is sill visible, right?

Adam
Mar16-04, 02:34 AM
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/mjff/gt_wall.htm
http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/viewrecord?1625
http://observe.arc.nasa.gov/nasa/ootw/1996/ootw_960605/ob960605.html
http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/viewrecord?1508
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/radar/sircxsar//wall.html
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/Images/aster_wallofchina_lrg.jpg

Maybe not with the eyes, but other ways.

FZ+
Mar18-04, 07:35 AM
Surely it depends on how good your eyes are...

Njorl
Mar18-04, 08:12 AM
Originally posted by Adam
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/mjff/gt_wall.htm
http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/viewrecord?1625
http://observe.arc.nasa.gov/nasa/ootw/1996/ootw_960605/ob960605.html
http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/viewrecord?1508
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/radar/sircxsar//wall.html
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/Images/aster_wallofchina_lrg.jpg

Maybe not with the eyes, but other ways.

Hell, my house is visible other ways.

Njorl