You can't see the Great Wall from space
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Fact of the day: a popular myth debunked. AI-generated.
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0:00 It's often claimed you can see the Great Wall
0:02 of China from space with the naked eye.
0:04 You can't.
0:05 Although the wall is thousands of kilometres
0:08 long,
0:08 it's only a few metres wide —
0:10 about the same width as a highway.
0:12 From orbit, that's far too thin to pick out,
0:15 and it blends into the natural landscape.
0:17 Astronauts have confirmed they can't spot it
0:20 without a camera zoom.
0:21 Ironically,
0:22 city lights and airport runways are much
0:24 easier to see from space than the wall.