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NASA describes the Great Wall’s ‘only man-made object visible from space’ status as a myth and lists many other human-made features visible from orbit. DIRECT_TEXT

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Source: China’s Wall Less Great in View from Space · locator {} · excerpt hash sha256:9843e06bcbd29e3f7f4f7a75310f216806efa97de22c384a2e07f63a08380530

It has become a space-based myth. The Great Wall of China, frequently billed as the only man-made object visible from space, generally isn't, at least to the unaided eye in low Earth orbit. ... From space you can see a lot of things people have made ... cities ... roadways and bridges, airports, dams and reservoirs.