Is the Great Wall of China Visible from Space?

[Phobos]

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]

Yes, but surely the "Great Chain Of Starbucks" is sill visible, right?

 

[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.

 

[FZ+]

Surely it depends on how good your eyes are...

 

[Njorl]

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