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[Marcos]

Originally Posted by JawKneeQuest

Can your contact confirm this next time their atop the spire.

The math in this post from page 87 of this thread certainly confirms it, but is working from a perfect sphere, not taking into account.... elevation changes, foliage etc.

I just don't believe it.

A buddy of mine has pictures from the top of the Comcast center. Like outside on the roof. It was a clear, cold day in the winter, no haze, and you still couldn't even see Trenton. but you can still Wilmington and the Delaware Memorial.

Why? I don't know, but again probably elevation changes and land. Wilmington is visible because you're looking straight down the Delaware river, the lowest point in the area, free of obstructions.

elevation of the two cities would be relevant but for the fact that they're about the same (NYC at 33 & Philly at 39), then there's the elevation changes between the two that could obscure the view though it's not exactly a mountain range between...

All the math aside I think it's really as simple as the fact that these buildings, regardless how gargantuan they are when you're standing on the street looking up at them, really amount to less than a pimple on a pig's ass from 90 miles away.

From atop the CTC I'm guessing the best we can probably do is see the glow of NYC on a clear night

[Justin7]

Originally Posted by FtGreeneNY

Is that right? If you're in New York at 1254' you're ONLY able to see 43.4 miles, so to somewhere around Princeton/West Windsor? And if you're in Philly at 900' feet you'd still ONLY be able to see 36.8 miles, so somewhere b/w Trenton and Princeton.

So really we'd still be a lot of miles (or feet) off of being able to see them as tiny dots on the horizon.

No, you're talking about the distance at which you can see the ground, not a tower. You can see the ground 43.4 miles away. If something is above ground level you can obviously see it from further away.

[thisisforreal]

The atmosphere is too soupy 1000' from the ground - there's light refraction that impedes visibility.

The question that *is* feasible, however, is this: when positioned at the proportional midpoint (adjusted when factoring elevation), how high do you need to go to see both skylines at the same time? Answer that, and we're just a hot air balloon ride away with a fisheye lens to getting that clear day photo of both skylines at once.

[Gonzo the Great]

Originally Posted by thisisforreal

The atmosphere is too soupy 1000' from the ground - there's light refraction that impedes visibility.

The question that *is* feasible, however, is this: when positioned at the proportional midpoint (adjusted when factoring elevation), how high do you need to go to see both skylines at the same time? Answer that, and we're just a hot air balloon ride away with a fisheye lens to getting that clear day photo of both skylines at once.

I think East Windsor Twp. NJ is about half the distance to the goal .... but you would just have to find the tallest tree .

[Jawnadelphia]

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bf98L3lF...by=zallie_1977

[Nephi215]

You can see both Philly and NYC from the top of the king da ka roller coaster at Great Adventure (Six Flags) in Jackson, NJ
https://m.imgur.com/a/mpXXp

[JohnIII]

So based on the evidence present it seems that we can see Philadelphia from Great Adventure; which is 54 miles away.

I have heard of people landing at Eagles Nest Airport which is near Long Beach, New Jersey; many have said on a clear day you can see downtown Philadelphia when you're on the final approach and I know that Long Beach is over 60 miles because I spend the summers there; so if this is true though I myself have never flown into Eagle's Nest Airport it would be pretty impressive; especially because last summer Comcast Tech wasn't topped off.

[acumenhokie]

Snow removal this afternoon.

[Alpha Sky]

Comcast center is really starting to look like a supertall.

[TK2001]

Spine glass on 40th floor

[TechTalkGuy]

The spire looks good!!

[Plokoon11]

Man oh man the spire is banging! Is that the lighting I see?

[PHL10]

Originally Posted by Alpha Sky

Comcast center is really starting to look like a supertall.

Nice pic. It looks exactly like the rendering.

[Jawnadelphia]

https://www.instagram.com/p/BgELdCYH...by=mrkarlklein


https://www.instagram.com/p/Bf_k1rTn...phillychitchat


https://www.instagram.com/p/BgBtPmrn...en-by=maxgrudz


https://www.instagram.com/p/Bf_rtC6n...=flying_bronco

[TK2001]

Originally Posted by Plokoon11

Man oh man the spire is banging! Is that the lighting I see?

It is lighting, just for construction. These lights are temporary and will be uninstalled when they completely finishe the LED Lighting, which they're installing now

[Jawnadelphia]

Up Broad by Darren LoPrinzi, on Flickr

^wow!

[iheartphilly]

^
Great River to River Shot. Look at the density.

[frbrown]

From sunday

[Groundhog]

Originally Posted by iheartphilly

^
Great River to River Shot. Look at the density.

Need Schuylkill Yards and some bigger things to the east. Would love to have 3 complete waves of development. Obviously that's not how developers plan, but would be just incredible.

[TK2001]

Super wide panorama