Of late, I had been to the great wall of china. It was a pretty good experience. Although, it's not that awesome as I had guessed, because it's just a wall and nothing else. The panorama around is good, but actually the grand thing about the great wall is its length which can be experienced probably if there is some chopper ride over the whole length of the wall just to show the grandiose wall. I could'nt get a clean view of the wall because of too many tourists. Probably I should have selected a more secluded section of the wall to get a clear shot.
This gives a lateral view of the wall. In winters, with all the snow around it, it looks really magnificient.
This gives a view with all the mountains surrounding the wall which adds to the magnificient view.

Can You See The Great Wall of China from The Moon?
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. So "Great wall is the only object which can be distinguished with the naked eye from the moon" is a myth.

Posted by Anish on Saturday, September 09, 2006 at 4:29 AM | Permalink