canada on top of mf??

You'd either see the the glow from Detroit Metro area or Toledo - Windsor is not well illuminated.

I can see my car in the parking lot while at the top of MF.

Your mom is to fat to ride TTD. said:
I think I saw your car too! Was it the 2nd tuesday of last week?

Thats awesome... two tuesdays in one week.

i definitely believe this is possible given a clear day for 3 reasons...

1.water reflects light, thus making lights and objects on the opposite shore look much closer than they actually are.

2.being 300+ feet in the air will give you a vantage point of approx 64 miles (roughly 1 degree of latitude)...on a clear day it's well within the distance from cedar point to the north shore of the lake near kingsville and leamington ontario..

3.i've seen it many times from both shores of lake ontario. while looking south across the lake from lakeshore blvd near exhibition place, i've seen a line of lights on the horizon from niagara falls and the niagara region...likewise i've been in st catharines, grimsby, and youngstown, ny and seen not only yellow dots of light, but also the red flashing beacons of radio transmitters in mississauga, and the illuminated outlines of the buildings in downtown toronto....

When they say you can see Canada, are they talking about one of the Lake Erie Islands? One of them, not sure which one, is Canadian. A lot closer than the opposite side of the lake.

Pelee Island is the largest Canadian island. It has a population of about 300.

Not sure you can see Canada from Cedar Point, I never have personally. I can say with certainty though that you can see Cedar Point from Pelee Island at night. Giant Wheel, Millennium Force and Top Thrill Dragster are actually quite distinguishable.

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Somebody forgot to double tap this one...

After reading this I don't think you can see Cleveland from the point. Only because From where Cedar Point is and where Cleveland is part of Ohio juts out and will be in the way(Avon Lake). So more then likely any blips of lights you see are coming from the Avon Lake power plant which sits on the lake.

I've seen Sandusky from the Blue Streak. You have to know where to look, though.

Ensign Smith said:
Somebody forgot to double tap this one...

Just had to say how awesome that was...

:)

I wish I remembered how to work out this problem... We had a very similar question in my physics class a few years ago. If you were "X" feet up, could you see "this point" which is "X" miles away. Taking in account the curvature of the earth and such, to see if it was even possible based on your height and curvature of the earth. Probably just simple trig and such, but my mind is now in OFF mode as winter break has begun :D

You can find the approximate distance to the horizon with this formula:

d = (1.5 x h)^(0.5)
d: distance to horizon (miles)
h: observer's height above sea level (feet)

So, if we're to assume Pelee Island is 20 miles from CP...

20 = (1.5 x h)^(0.5)
h = 267 feet

According to this formula, you'd need to be at least 267 feet higher than Pelee Island in order to be able to see it from the top of MF.

Alternatively, since we know MF is 310 feet tall, we can calculate that the horizon will be 21.6 miles away. So, if Pelee Island is 22 miles away, you're not going to see it from MF.

Oh come on man, you can see Canada you know it. What do mathematics know?

I can see Canada from my car every time I head downtown. :)

Obviously the math is wrong because I've heard you can see the ocean from Magnum. :)

Pelee looks like it's only about 15 miles away (at least the southern shore) based on google maps.

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=Pelee%20Island&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl

Vince982 said:
Pelee Island is the largest Canadian island. It has a population of about 300.

LOL, not exactly ....

It may be the largest near CP (which I assume you meant)

Vancouver Island and PEI are examples of larger Canadian Island. One is even its own province.