What man-made wonder is visible to the human eye from the moon?

[rootaxs]

Sandigga got the answer correct. PM me with your e-mail addy and i'll send you your prize.

Contrary to popular belief the Great Wall of China cannot be seen by the naked eye from the moon. It has always been a myth and unless someone with a bionic eye comes up to plate it will remain that way



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If this poll proves harder than i think, a whopping $1 prize (via paypal) goes to the person who first provides the right answer

 

[MercenaryForHire]

M4H: I'll take "Stupid Nef Trivia" for $500, Alex.
Alex: The Answer is "A stupid nef."
M4H: What is "This post"?
Alex: Correct!

- M4H

 

[StageLeft]

Great wall.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: rootaxs
If this poll proves harder than i think, a whopping $1 prize (via paypal) goes to the person who first provides the right answer

So pay up.

- M4H

 

[rootaxs]

Nope and Nope, M4H guess it first

 

[cmdavid]

taj mahal?

 

[mpitts]

Originally posted by: Skoorb
Great wall.

 

[cjchaps]

Geez, some folks have never heard of www.snopes.com, have they?

 

[StageLeft]

I get the $1!!

 

[Aves]

<a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.snopes.com/science/greatwal.htm">Claim: The Great Wall of China is the only man-made object visible from the moon.
Status: False.

</a>

 

[cmdavid]

none..

 

[WinkOsmosis]

The Great Wall is NOT visible from the moon or even orbit. That was a conjecture made before anyone even went to space.

 

[csiro]

Shakira's butt!

 

[cjchaps]

Here is the snopes article.

 

[rootaxs]

Sandigga got the answer correct. PM me with your e-mail addy and i'll send you your prize.

Contrary to popular belief the Great Wall of China cannot be seen by the naked eye from the moon. It has always been a myth and unless someone with a bionic eye comes up to plate it will remain that way

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: rootaxs
Nope and Nope, M4H guess it first

Evidently, I didn't.

No need for the reward anyways. Paypal rapes me for $0.85 on every transfer, so I'd get a whopping $0.15 out of this.

- M4H

 

[Amused]

 

[rootaxs]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

Originally posted by: rootaxs

No need for the reward anyways. Paypal rapes me for $0.85 on every transfer, so I'd get a whopping $0.15 out of this.

- M4H

Good point. I failed to take into account those who doesn't have personal accounts. If that were the case i'd get all corny about it and say something "You can get a lot for a dollar these days... 10 10...)

 

[scorp00]

I think that the great wall can be seen from space, thus the mixup and confusion.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: rootaxs

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

No need for the reward anyways. Paypal rapes me for $0.85 on every transfer, so I'd get a whopping $0.15 out of this.

- M4H

Good point. I failed to take into account those who doesn't have personal accounts. If that were the case i'd get all corny about it and say something "You can get a lot for a dollar these days... 10 10...)

Oh, I have a personal account. I'm just Canadian. And being Canadian, Paypal hates me. :|

- M4H

 

[DanTMWTMP]

Originally posted by: Jellomancer
The Great Wall is NOT visible from the moon or even orbit. That was a conjecture made before anyone even went to space.

ah ic...stupid middle school teacher....they be dumb...

 

[jahawkin]

From the snopes article, nothing man-made is visible from the moon:
"The only thing you can see from the moon is a beautiful sphere, mostly white (clouds), some blue (ocean), patches of yellow (deserts), and every once in a while some green vegetation. No man-made object is visible on this scale. In fact, when first leaving earth's orbit and only a few thousand miles away, no man-made object is visible at that point either."

 

[Kev]

Originally posted by: scorp00
I think that the great wall can be seen from space, thus the mixup and confusion.

If the Great Wall can be seen from space, isn't it probably that every major highway in the world is viewable from space?

 

[kuk]

Technically, cities are man-made structures that are visible from outer-space, although they don't qualify as "wonders".

 

[scorp00]

Originally posted by: maladroit

Originally posted by: scorp00
I think that the great wall can be seen from space, thus the mixup and confusion.

If the Great Wall can be seen from space, isn't it probably that every major highway in the world is viewable from space?

I guess that's what I get for getting a public education.