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Re:How high up do I need to be to see across Lake Michigan? by gabrielsroka on Wednesday August 25, 2021 @08:40PM (#28309129)
Ha! I created this years ago. It's just an approximation.

https://gabrielsroka.github.io/webpages/distance.htm

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Re:How high up do I need to be to see across Lake Michigan? by mikewarot on Thursday August 26, 2021 @12:03AM (#28310551)
If you're lucky, not very tall at all, thanks to atmospheric bending of light

Here's an example I found on flickr:

https://flic.kr/p/swQrVy

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