~ The Great Wall isn’t Visible from space!
We’re all familiar with the legend of that great wall and the claim that states that the Great Wall of China is the only man-made object visible from space or from the moon with the naked eye. This is simply not true.
Here’s a photo of the area taken from Google Earth, can you tell where the great wall is? can you spot it?
Naturaly I managed to find it after some trouble, and i could have marked it on the map to make it easier for you people to spot, but i don’t want to, try to find it yourself 
Go ahead, fire up your Google earth and try to find it, i promise you, it won’t be an easy task 
further reading:
- space.com: What’s really visible from space?
- Nasa.gov: China’s Wall Less Great in View from Space.
October 7th, 2007 at 5:50 am
The Discovery channel placemark gave it away :)
I had to zoom in to around 40,000 feet to see it, and once I found it, I could only just see it by zooming upto 40 miles out.
October 7th, 2007 at 6:20 pm
So wait… your being a little contradictory here arnt you? according to you you CAN see it. perhaps a more accurate title is “Great wall of china is difficult to see from space!”
October 7th, 2007 at 6:39 pm
Well, since there are highways that are much wider, and those are made out of different material than the surrounding stone, and none of THOSE are visible from space… why would anyone think the relatively narrow Great Wall would be seen?
October 7th, 2007 at 8:14 pm
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October 8th, 2007 at 5:58 am
It will depend on the time of day, objects that cast a shadow are more easily visible. Since the widest road casts no shadow, it would hardly be visible. The height and length of the Great Wall makes it possible that it would be visible from orbit, not the moon.
October 9th, 2007 at 1:24 pm
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December 1st, 2007 at 1:35 pm
:twisted: aq
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February 9th, 2008 at 8:04 am
I also tried google earth but wasn’t able to locate it.
April 28th, 2008 at 6:20 pm
waw i can’y belive i should go there
August 19th, 2008 at 4:19 am
I cant believe it! The Great Wall of China is awsome!
August 25th, 2008 at 1:35 am
This myth is as old as time. I am glad someone cleared it up!
August 25th, 2008 at 1:56 am
I wonder how they got that picture?