Can You See The Great Wall of China From The Moon?

Of course you can see the Great Wall of China from the moon!

While North America, the continent, is hard to make out from such a far distance, the Great Wall sticks out like a human hair viewed from 2000 miles away.

So if you have eyesight that allows you to distinguish a single human hair from 2000 miles away, you may also be able to see the Great Wall of China from the moon.¹

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Posted: July 10th, 2007

1. 1|Joe says:
   

   The wall itself is not visible from space. As wikipedia points out it’s too thin and roughly the same color as the ground.

   However, in the evening, when the sun is setting, it’s SHADOW is visible from low orbit.

2. 2|Suzy says:
   

   You cant see it from the moon, barely from space. It looks like a hair from 2 miles away, plus what Joe said the ground around it is the same color as the ground. NASA claims no astronaut has seen the great wall from space.

3. 3|lizzy says:
   

   i am doing aproject about this and u indeed cannot see it from space.