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| Mar 30, 2020 at 21:09 | comment | added | Larry OBrien | This isn't quite the nautical rule of thumb. The horizon is 3 miles away at 6' above sea level, not 1'. The rule of thumb is: "multiply your height, in feet, by 1.5. The square root of that number is the distance to the horizon, in miles." (i.e., (6' * 1.5)^0.5 = 3 miles). | |
| Sep 29, 2015 at 19:17 | review | Late answers | |||
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| Sep 10, 2014 at 6:26 | history | answered | adwb | CC BY-SA 3.0 |