Still, I pictured the Edmond Fitzgerald out there and got the shivers. It's a big, cold looking body of water and I wouldn't want to capsize in it. If you're in the arch in St. Louis, you can see the Sears tower in Chicago.
If you're in the Sears tower in Chicago, you can see the arch in St. There was a recent news story in the local paper talking about how people have been able to see Cleveland when the atmospheric conditions are right. Apparently some claim to have actually seen street lights changing between green and red.
We have a cottage right on the lake and I have personally never experienced this but I know people who say they have. Here is a link:. When I am in downtown Detroit I can see Canada on the other side of the river. Lake Michigan is like looking out at the Gulf of Mexico. It is about miles across Lake Michigan from there. They're Sears Tower and Gateway Arch miles apart. I don't care how "flat" it is between them, it ain't happenin'. I think I heard somewhere once that the horizon is 15 miles away.
I went offshore fishing a few weeks back and that seemed pretty close. I couldn't see the shore and the captain said we were close to 20 miles away at that point. I live right on lake superior and there is no way you can see across it. If you go out in a boat its big enough that you can get out far enough and not see land. But regardless of its architectural stature, there's one thing without a doubt -- the Sears Tower Skydeck offers the best and most amazing views in Chicago. On a crystal clear day, you can see into four states -- Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin -- as the range of view is 40 - 50 miles 65 - 80 kilometers.
I saw Texas from Clearwater FL one time. If you are jabout 6' and are standing at the water's edge, then your eyes are about 5. The distance to the horizon is:. To calculate the distance at which an object becomes visible, you must know your height of eye and the height of the object. You then do the same calculation for your distance to the horizon and the object's distance to the horizon and add the distances together.
In order to see something on the other side Add the Just messing with ya I never could've never imagined the Rocky Mountains without actually seeing them with my own eyes. Shortly after moving to St. Joseph, Michigan, a number of years ago, people began telling me that on occasion you can see the lights and buildings of Chicago across the lake.
It seemed impossible given the distance and the curvature of the earth, but I started looking. For months, I would look out over the lake, at different times of day, searching for the buildings. At night, it was possible to see a soft glow of light above the lake where Chicago should be, but not much more than that.
Upon cresting one of the dunes, I looked out and there it was glowing against the dark sky. It was not nearly as large as I had expected, but it was there and it was quite visible. The next day upon returning home, I posted one of the photos I had taken online and a debate began. Doing the same calculations you could see it from up to 65 miles away on Tower Hill.
That day on the shores of Lake Michigan at Warren Dunes State Park, just 50 some miles to the west, Chicago was hard to see on the slightly overcast day. Looking towards the south less than 20 miles away you can see Michigan City, the power plant and Blue Chip Casino.
Here at Warren dunes you have a better chance at seeing Chicago, up at St. Yes, you can see Chicago, just not all of it. That something is a strong temperature inversion, warmer air above colder air, that causes light to bend. And this variation of the speed of light has the effect of bending light rays. That evening at the top of Warren Dunes, it was pretty exciting as the inversion was setting-up. It was a spring night, the lake waters were very cold and it even felt warmer on top of Tower Hill than on the shore.
Looking out on the horizon, a dark line started to show-up just above it, that was the inversion. Rennie said. A mirage has to have an inverted image. But again the physics is all the same," Dr. That evening we saw both looming, looking towards Chicago and mirage near Michigan City where buildings appeared flipped.
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