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Originally Posted by gary
Hi Marc,
Alas, it is a good 700km to the Indian Ocean and a back-of-the-envelope
calculation suggests that at an altitude of 8848m, at best in theory you
could only see down to the horizon to a distance of a little
less that half that, at 335km, because of the Earth's curvature.
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Makes sense now Gary. I have seen the himalayas many times from a jet liner and they're beautiful. Just huge. You can see the chain on one side of the plane and the ocean on the other as you cross India towards Bangkok so I thought maybe you could spot it from the top too.
