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<blockquote data-quote="Maddog" data-source="post: 250310" data-attributes="member: 5355"><p>This is what I googled: </p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">A rough formula for calculating the distance to the horizon is:</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">SquareRoot(height above surface / 0.5736) = distance to horizon</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">where "height above surface" is in feet and "distance to horizon" is in miles. If you are 6 feet tall and standing right at the water's edge, then your eyes are about 5.5 feet above the surface. The distance to the horizon is:</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">SquareRoot(5.5 / 0.5736) = 3 miles</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Maddog, post: 250310, member: 5355"] This is what I googled: [COLOR=#333333][FONT=Helvetica]A rough formula for calculating the distance to the horizon is:[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333][FONT=Helvetica] SquareRoot(height above surface / 0.5736) = distance to horizon [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333][FONT=Helvetica]where "height above surface" is in feet and "distance to horizon" is in miles. If you are 6 feet tall and standing right at the water's edge, then your eyes are about 5.5 feet above the surface. The distance to the horizon is:[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333][FONT=Helvetica] SquareRoot(5.5 / 0.5736) = 3 miles [/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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