Do you miss being able to see the horizon?

[Charmonium]

And if you're someplace where you can see both horizons, PLEASE, do not tarry, delay or saunter, but run to go f*** a wood chipper.

 

[lxskllr]

Only at the ocean. I prefer seeing trees and mountains block the horizon.

 

[IronWing]

Most days, I can see seventy miles. On super clear days, I can see about a hundred miles. Back when I lived in Cheyenne, I could see Pike's Peak from my office window. That was 160 miles.

 

[purbeast0]

Only at the ocean.

Me too, daytime or evening time, especially at the beach, as do my kids.

And I am missing Grand Cayman right about now too.

 

[sdifox]

When I was young, I used to be able to see boats fall off the edge of the earth!

 

[sandorski]

Both?

 

[Charmonium]

Both?

I was thinking both east and west and therefore sunrise/set. But that's an arbitrary choice.

 

[lxskllr]

Well, there's only four sides. You might as well include the other two.

 

[Charmonium]

Well, there's only four sides. You might as well include the other two.

That should make our flat earth friends feel seen, heard and accepted - at least until we throw them overboard.

 

[Captante]

No, but that's only because I see it regularly.

 

[BoomerD]

Most days, I can see seventy miles. On super clear days, I can see about a hundred miles. Back when I lived in Cheyenne, I could see Pike's Peak from my office window. That was 160 miles.

On a clear morinig, I can see Mt. Rainier, about 150 miles east of me, the Olympic mountains, about 100 miles north-east, or if I drive 5 minutes to the beach, I can see the western horizon far off in the distance.

 

[brianmanahan]

i see the horizon on lake erie all the time

 

[sandorski]

I was thinking both east and west and therefore sunrise/set. But that's an arbitrary choice.

I think theres only 1 that extends 360 degrees.

 

[pmv]

How do you define 'the horizon'? I don't entirely understand the question.

Generally I can see the tops of the multi-story buildings on all four sides of me (oddly enough, all of them have gone up in the last few years - a sign of the increasing population of this city).

That's the 'horizon', from where I am. Mostly they are just across the street...but if they were further away the 'horizon' would be further away but it would still basically be the tops of those buildings. Before those buildings went up, the 'horizon' was the tops of other buildings a bit further away.

 

[Muse]

Besides the horizon there's the night sky. It's gotten rather difficult to see it like it was, say, 1000 years ago, even 200 years ago. I have a book about this.

Where have all the stars gone?

We see far fewer stars now than our ancestors or rural friends, now a citizen science initiative, including University of Melbourne, is mapping light pollution.

pursuit.unimelb.edu.au

 

[WelshBloke]

My chilling out place. Horizon found.

 

[[DHT]Osiris]

Speak for yourself.

 

[WelshBloke]

Speak for yourself.
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That's very chilled!

 

[Red Squirrel]

I can almost see the horizon, at least enough to get decent views of the sun rise when I finish night shifts.

In the prairies you can see it even more though. If your wife divorces you, you can watch her leave for 3 days.

 

[skyking]

I grew up in the eastern part of Washington state, and had good views from our home. We could see the top of mount Rainier and mount Adams at 60 miles away from most places, and the top of St. Helens from the higher hills before she lost her head in 1980.
Then I moved to the west side and close trees
I can't see shizzle from the house.

I get a decent filtered sunrise or sunset now and then, but horizon? Nope. I miss that. Been here in the trees since 1996.

Just a half mile away I get these shots of Rainier every work day. This is that same morning.

Even that's not a real horizon shot, but I can drive to one easily.

That is one of the reasons for the move to Sequim. On a clear day I can see about 50 miles of the Cascade range, same for Vancouver Island. The Olympics too.
From the foreground, Protection Island, then the banks of Whidbey Island, and the Cascades beyond at about 90 miles.

That's from ground level and we will have two stories above that, counting a crow's nest deck.

 

[skyking]

^that is looking east. This is the west look. @Charmonium Do I have to boink my wood chipper now?