Great Wall From Space

Its discovery was announced from princeton university on october 20 2003 by j.

Great wall from space. Great wall nasa. They re the biggest structures in the known universe. In space something irregular is hard to be observed.

The sloan great wall sgw is a cosmic structure formed by a giant wall of galaxies a galaxy filament. Despite myths to the contrary the wall isn t visible from the moon and is difficult or impossible to see from earth orbit without the high powered lenses used for this photo. On the other hand the centimetre band spaceborne imaging radar of sts 59 and sts 68 was able to detect not only the great wall but also invisible buried segments of it.

Theoretically speaking the great wall is absolutely invisible from the space. The great wall of china and inner mongolia are featured in this image photographed by expedition 10 commander leroy chiao on the international space station. Both are false say astronauts and remote sensing specialists.

Condition of the wall. Measuring about 10 meters 11 yards wide on average it is easily to be immerged from the surrounding environment. Artificial structures visible from earth orbit without magnification include highways dams and cities.

Whether an object i. While the great wall of china has garnered praise and admiration from people around the world. In fact it is a myth but not because the wall can t be seen from space.

Other identified structures include the. The current average height of the wall is 6 7 meters while its width is approximately 5 meters. It is actually possible for astronauts a couple of hundred miles up in space to see lots of man made structures including.