Luxor Light From Space

On a clear night the sky beam is visible up to 275 miles 443 km away by aircraft at cruising altitude such as over los angeles.

Luxor light from space. Mystery wire on a clear night the luxor sky beam is visible from 250 miles away. The luxor sky beam uses intense light from 1 200 xenon lamps focused into a column that is visible from hundreds of miles away. I m sure you ve all heard the line that you can see luxor beam from space.

You re far more likely to see the luxor s light while visiting outer space than you are to see aliens hovering above the hotel. Amazing video of a massive amount of bats circling and flying through the luxor hotel casino light in las vegas spring 2013. Since this report aired the beam has been dimmed.

Originally aired july 11 2001 on klas tv in las vegas. Yes at night when the sun is gone there is no light to hide space. The oft repeated legend that you can see the luxor s light beam from space is a myth started from the luxor s hotel statement that astronaut daniel brandenstein who flew on four different space shuttle missions saw it from space.

And a real gem of one. The hotel sits on the las vegas strip credit. In the 1990s astronaut daniel brandenstein claimed that the luxor s.

In reality experts and photographs taken from the international space station show that while brandenstein and other astronauts can spot las vegas lights from space the luxor s beam gets caught up in the bright fog of lights and does not stand out as a. Marketing nonsense i m sure. In 2008 the luxor began using about half of the 39 lamps each night.

It is said that the beam of light from the luxor hotel casino in las vegas can be seen from space. Even bugs swarm to the top of the pyramid and they attract birds and bats. The luxor sky beam is a beacon in the night sky attracting all kinds of attention.