Can you see Japan from California?

Can you see Japan from California? Not unless your cliff is VERY high. Great Circle distance from California to Japan is over 8,000 km (over 5,000 miles). The formula I have always used for distance to horizon is 1.22 x sqrt(h) miles, where h is in feet.



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