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Telescope in London allows you to view New York
« on: May 24, 2008, 07:41:10 AM »
By Paul Harris

Using a giant "electronic telescope" and state-of-the-art technology, England and America were joined once again when the tunnel entrances were reopened beside Tower Bridge in London and Brooklyn Bridge in New York.

It meant that New Yorkers and Londoners could wave to each other across the sea and begin the kind of mute dialogue that was only a dream all those years ago for eccentric engineering entrepreneur Alexander Stanhope St George (deceased)... read more here

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Re: Telescope in London allows you to view New York
« Reply #1 on: May 24, 2008, 07:52:53 AM »
This is not possible because the earth is curved. Unless if the world is flat, you can see New York from London using a giant telescope.

This is possible only if you use fiber optics because light will follow at the curvature of the glass fibers.

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Re: Telescope in London allows you to view New York
« Reply #2 on: May 24, 2008, 08:14:40 AM »
Macky, click "the read more" and find out how it became possible.

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Re: Telescope in London allows you to view New York
« Reply #3 on: May 24, 2008, 06:10:19 PM »
Yes, it is not a real optical telescope, but images are just relayed through a broadband or satellite; hence, it is digital. You are not looking through a lens but a screen.

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Re: Telescope in London allows you to view New York
« Reply #4 on: May 24, 2008, 06:12:56 PM »
That is also what i thought Macky, mura ra japun ta ug nag tan-aw ug Wikimapia ana...

I am fond of using wikimapia.

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