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Old Posted Mar 7, 2018, 3:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Marcos View Post
I don't think so, at least until they build some taller buildings. NYC & Philly are close to 100 miles from each other, the two tallest buildings combined are 2897 feet high (Freedom Tower's spire at 1776 feet & CTC at 1121 feet). The curvature of the earth at that height allows you to see about 66 miles to the horizon.

http://www.ringbell.co.uk/info/hdist.htm

From the Wikipedia 'horizon' page:

"an observer standing at the top of the Burj Khalifa (828 metres (2,717 ft) in height), the horizon is at a distance of 103 kilometres (64 mi)."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horizon
Closer than that, I think.
According to this (freemaptools.com), the distance between the comcast center and one WTC is more like 80 miles as the crow flies
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