Then, “I wonder what is the longest distance on Earth that we can see from one point to another?” and we researched this route for you.
If we were on top of Everest, the world’s highest mountain, we would theoretically have a 339 km viewing distance. When you first clicked on our article, you may naturally have thought of Everest for one of these points, but you are wrong about this. If we are going to talk about a route where the recesses and protrusions affect the visibility the least, we need to consider two completely different positions.
Before we get to the full answer to our question, let’s talk about the “farthest photographed distance” records:
This photo, taken from the Pic du Canigó (Pyrenees) hill in France in June 2014, to the Tête de Chabriere (Alps) hill, holds the world record for the longest distance with a distance of 381 km.
Photo: Jordi Solé / Juanjo Diaz de Argandoña / Marc Bret
Barre des Écrins, located among the silhouettes of the Alps, is visible at a distance of 430 km in this photo taken from the Pic de Bastiments (Pyrenees) hill in January 2015.
Photo: Jordi Solé / Juanjo Diaz de Argandoña / Marc Bret
And we came to the last record that has not been broken until today. 443 km distance photographed from Pic Garpard(Alps) peak to Finestrelles(Pyrenees) peak in June 2016.
Photo: Jordi Solé / Juanjo Diaz de Argandoña / Marc Bret
Now let’s come to the answer to the main question. In theory, the two most distant points on Earth that can be seen are; It is the 538 km distance between Mount Dankova in Kyrgyzstan and Hindu Tagh (Indian Mountain) in China.
This computer simulation video, with all the necessary conditions, reveals this route.
In order for us to understand the distance more easily, you can think of the average bird flight distance between Sinop in the north of our country and Mersin in the south.
This line of sight, which still cannot be photographed, is waiting for the right moment when all the necessary conditions are met for a new and unbreakable record someday.
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