Things you've always wanted to know an answer to...

[adam3811]

great thread!


here's one that i've wanted to know for a very long time and I find it very hard to explain to everyone..so here goes!

If i stand up outside, look up into the sky and to the furthest i can see (the edge of the sky that I can see, 'the horizon'?).. can the sky that I can see there (clouds etc.) be seen by someone else far away if they look directly up into the sky..? If so, how far would that be? Because I don't think that you can ever really see right to the horizon..


Sorry if that makes no sense, but it has always baffled me :)

 

[Hotman]

depends on pollution etc i guess, and your eyesight

 

[MK Shrimper]

Well Adam, as the earth is spherical I'd imagine if someone was standing equi-distant point in the other direction they would see the same horizon that you are seeing - and Carl is right it would depend on atmospheric conditions etc.

 

[Grayson]

great thread!


here's one that i've wanted to know for a very long time and I find it very hard to explain to everyone..so here goes!

If i stand up outside, look up into the sky and to the furthest i can see (the edge of the sky that I can see, 'the horizon'?).. can the sky that I can see there (clouds etc.) be seen by someone else far away if they look directly up into the sky..? If so, how far would that be? Because I don't think that you can ever really see right to the horizon..


Sorry if that makes no sense, but it has always baffled me :)

What, you mean how far away is the furthest we can see when we, say, look out to sea?

That's an interesting one.

 

[Ricey]

and finally, why is that little irish kid on x factor's name (eoghan) pronounced owen, and not eoghan?

HAHA! I was thinking the exact same thing the other day and as I work with an Owen, I asked him and he has no idea. He is a welsh Owen though so maybe its just a messed up Irish way of spelling it? When you say it how it is spelt it sounds nothing like Owen.

 

[MK Shrimper]

For an observer standing on the ground with h = 1.70 m (average eye-level height), the horizon appears at a distance of 4.7 km.

For an observer standing on a hill or tower of 100 m in height, the horizon appears at a distance of 36 km.

 

[steveo]

What, you mean how far away is the furthest we can see when we, say, look out to sea?

That's an interesting one.

I seem to recall you can see 2.9 miles before the earths curvature make sthe next bit disappear.

 

[MK Shrimper]

I seem to recall you can see 2.9 miles before the earths curvature make sthe next bit disappear.

Please see above!

 

[Grayson]

Not as far as I thought, that. Is that as far as the last bit of sky you can see, too?

 

[adam3811]

What, you mean how far away is the furthest we can see when we, say, look out to sea?

That's an interesting one.

yeah, I suppose..

Just, kinda, if you look up into the sky.. how far can that same peice of sky (that sounds stupid) be seen from?

Could someone in france see the same peice of sky that I am seeing in Southend? Or is there too much sky?


Are these questions the rubbishest ever..? :)

 

[Crabby Shrimper]

As we're talking about the clouds, then the distance will be further. How much further obviously depends on the height of said clouds.

 

[Crabby Shrimper]

yeah, I suppose..

Just, kinda, if you look up into the sky.. how far can that same peice of sky (that sounds stupid) be seen from?

Could someone in france see the same peice of sky that I am seeing in Southend? Or is there too much sky?


Are these questions the rubbishest ever..? :)

Well, technically, the sky just keeps going up. The sun is in the sky, and you can see that from half the world at a time pretty much (with the exception of Wales)

 

[Benfleet A1]

My question is, what line do I catch to City Airport from Fenchurch.

 

[Gremlin]

My question is, what line do I catch to City Airport from Fenchurch.

c2c to Limehouse then change to DLR for a King George V service.

 

[steveo]

Please see above!

Yes I spotted that after I posted. However, as that was one of only two things I can remember from school, I thought I would proudly post it anyway.

The other one was if you get caught smoking in the playground you get the cane. However I better not mention that or it might lead to a whole new thread, possibly entitled Should corporal punishishment return?

 

[Benfleet A1]

c2c to Limehouse then change to DLR for a King George V service.

Thanks muchly

 

[Hotman]

What colour are Alistair Darlings pubes?

 

[Rusty Shackleford]

What colour are Alistair Darlings pubes?

Red. ****ing Labour scum.

 

[Interpol Shrimper]

Thought this thread maybe needs bumping & bringing back to life.

Here's my question for the day.
Why does a Berocca capsule turn your wee fluorescent? :unsure:

 

[Napster]

Berocca causes your urine to be deep yellow in colour but it is completely harmless. The colouring is due to the excess vitamin B2 being removed from the body through the urine.