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Old Posted May 13, 2018, 12:23 AM
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I wonder if at night with a binoculars you could see the lantern from the top of One World Trade center?
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I wonder if at night with a binoculars you could see the lantern from the top of One World Trade center?
It was discussed a few pages back that you can't see each tower from each other
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Old Posted May 13, 2018, 11:54 AM
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I love that Comcast spent $1.5 billion on a permanent middle finger to the West Coast.

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We could’ve have a bigger finger and phallus with the American Commerce Center. A missed opportunity indeed! 😒😞😔😣
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Old Posted May 13, 2018, 2:42 PM
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It was discussed a few pages back that you can't see each tower from each other
I wonder what sort of height would be required for that then?
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Old Posted May 13, 2018, 3:55 PM
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I wonder what sort of height would be required for that then?


Lets see . CITC @ 1121' , vs WTC @ 1776 ' . Approximate 105 miles apart .
Earth curvature roughly 8" per mile ..... you do the math .
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Old Posted May 13, 2018, 7:38 PM
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In post #8424 (the one by "TallCoolOne"), is that the nuclear power plant in the distance? With the smoke?
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Old Posted May 13, 2018, 7:39 PM
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Lets see . CITC @ 1121' , vs WTC @ 1776 ' . Approximate 105 miles apart .
Earth curvature roughly 8" per mile ..... you do the math .
Don't forget refraction, which allows you to see a little further.

https://aty.sdsu.edu/explain/atmos_refr/horizon.html
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Old Posted May 13, 2018, 8:30 PM
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In post #8424 (the one by "TallCoolOne"), is that the nuclear power plant in the distance? With the smoke?
Yep - Limerick Power Plant about 35 miles NW of the city.
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Old Posted May 13, 2018, 10:47 PM
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I wonder if at night with a binoculars you could see the lantern from the top of One World Trade center?
Not possible!
I wish there was a spot where you could clearly see both NYC and Philly skylines.
Wishful thinking.
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Old Posted May 13, 2018, 11:12 PM
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Time for Princeton to build a supertall
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Old Posted May 14, 2018, 1:37 AM
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Y’all are crazy, the world is flat so of course you can see one from another
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Old Posted May 14, 2018, 1:50 AM
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You can see both NYC and Philly from the top of the Kingda Ka roller coaster (456') in Jackson NJ.



https://www.reddit.com/r/rollercoast...om_the_top_of/
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Old Posted May 14, 2018, 2:24 AM
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I chickened out of Kingda Ka the last time I visited. lol. I thought it was a myth that you could see NYC, let alone Philly. I guess not.
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Old Posted May 14, 2018, 3:21 AM
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Okay, when the Comcast Technology Center opens later this year, we need to have a SkyscraperPage meet in the sky lobby restaurant to see if it’s possible to see the rollercoaster at Six Flags Great Adventure!
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Old Posted May 14, 2018, 8:27 AM
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I’m definitely in for a meet-up in the top floor lounge when it opens this fall (hopefully on time).
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You can see both NYC and Philly from the top of the Kingda Ka roller coaster (456') in Jackson NJ.



https://www.reddit.com/r/rollercoast...om_the_top_of/
I can see how this could be possible because this Rollercoaster seems to be a sweet spot for distance between Philly and NYC.

Also, I recently visited One Liberty Observation Deck, and got some great views of CITC. I really hope CITC gets an observation deck because the One Liberty one is only around 883 feet feet high and it also appears much shorter than CITC and the other Comcast Building.
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I can see how this could be possible because this Rollercoaster seems to be a sweet spot for distance between Philly and NYC.

Also, I recently visited One Liberty Observation Deck, and got some great views of CITC. I really hope CITC gets an observation deck because the One Liberty one is only around 883 feet feet high and it also appears much shorter than CITC and the other Comcast Building.
the restaurant up top is a de facto observation deck, none exist below that level to my knowledge
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Old Posted May 14, 2018, 11:56 AM
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[QUOTE=Jayfar;8186675]Don't forget refraction, which allows you to see a little further.


And then there are variable gradients .......
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Old Posted May 14, 2018, 1:32 PM
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the restaurant up top is a de facto observation deck, none exist below that level to my knowledge
Yes. It's not really that much taller than One Liberty. I forget the exact height of the top floor, but a lot of the tower height is the cooling towers and spire. Still a great place to get drinks or a meal!
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Old Posted May 14, 2018, 7:58 PM
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Not possible!
I wish there was a spot where you could clearly see both NYC and Philly skylines.
Wishful thinking.
Six Flags appears to be 40 miles from Philly, and 44 miles from NYC which apparently makes them both visible.

You can see NYC from New Brunswick, NJ, which is 28 miles, but you cant see Philly, which is 53 miles.

Trenton is 28 miles from Philly, so presumably you could see the skyline, but 51 miles from NYC, so too far.

Princeton is 38 miles from Philly and 42 from NYC, so it WOULD work, but the odds of them building a tower are 0.0000001%
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