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Any sailors here? How can a 243ft. Lighthouse be visible 44 miles away? (en-wikipedia-org.turbopages.org)

posted 3 years ago by alltheleavesarebrown 3 years ago by alltheleavesarebrown +7 / -5

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– no_ez 3 points 3 years ago +3 / -0

There’s not much light pollution in the ocean when you’re miles out. I remember reading about how effective signaling mirrors are and it blew my mind, so i dunno.

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– alltheleavesarebrown [S] 2 points 3 years ago +2 / -0

What is the angle of the light?

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