13 Responses to “ Can The Great Wall Of China Be Seen From Space? ”

1. none on November 15th, 2009 4:31 pm

   Melli’s right! It can be seen from about 300 miles up no problem, which is the technical definition of space. If you took the average $500 telescope and took a peak on mars, i doubt you would be able to see it, however. A lot of people believe the myth that it is the ONLY thing that can be seen. Lights from cities (especially Las Vegas) can be seen from there as well.

2. italiano on November 15th, 2009 5:00 pm

   yes….apollo, mercury, and shuttle astronauts have all seen it from space….it is the only man-made thing that is visible from space…(and oprah)

3. Melli on November 15th, 2009 5:42 pm

   Depends on your definition of “space”. when leaving the earth’s orbit and acquiring an altitude of more than a few thousand miles, no man-made objects are visible at all. NASA says, “The Great Wall can barely be seen from the Shuttle, so it would not be possible to see it from the Moon with the naked eye.” Thus, it’d be tough to spot the Great Wall of China or any other object from the moon. Furthermore, from the moon, even the continents are barely visible.
   This story is considered an Urban Legend.

4. §???? on November 16th, 2009 12:06 am

   No. In 2004, an image was taken that was thought to be the wall, but it turned out to be a waterway.
   The pyramids in Egypt, though, can be seen:http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroo…

5. skcs69 on November 16th, 2009 4:47 am

   Yes.

6. braennvi on November 16th, 2009 7:31 am

   No, that’s a myth. http://www.snopes.com/science/greatwal.h…

7. Z on November 16th, 2009 10:42 am

   Not anymore. we have polluted the earth to much

8. x66red66 on November 16th, 2009 12:11 pm

   Yes.

9. dexter on November 16th, 2009 5:28 pm

   yes , it can bee seen very good from space , he travel over the mountains ,it’s really big , i want to see it once

10. brandonk on November 16th, 2009 10:44 pm

    No. This started because the king who had it built had a dream he was on the moon and could see it. its all a myth. Try this link:
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Wall_of_Ch…

11. rian apple on November 17th, 2009 4:58 am

    lots of people say YES
    but i know it’s a NO
    i’ve read it from a book (i forgot what book)
    but it’s absolutely NO
    there’s no such thing

12. Matt on November 17th, 2009 9:04 am

    Actually you can’t see it from space, it is mostly earth colors and impossible to distinguish from the landscape. Also, there are quite a few man made objects, such as the panama canal that can be seen from space, but the wall isn’t one of them.

13. briandjo on November 17th, 2009 2:09 pm

    yes and it is the only man made structure that can be.

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