Furthest your city's skyline can be seen from? - Page 8

Waterlooson · #**141** Posted **Nov 17, 2013, 7:21 PM**

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Originally Posted by Beedok

Moisture does affect them though. The lensing factor and such. Plus the lakes affect temperature because of specific heat capacities and such. Without the lakes there'd be a lot fewer mirage events.

How do you figure that moisture affects mirages?

Klazu · #**142** Posted **Nov 18, 2013, 5:02 AM**

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Originally Posted by aastra

Seattle below Mt. Rainier:

picture by stevevoght at Flickr.com
http://www.flickr.com/photos/voght/2720417340/

That must be the most amazing Mt. Rainier photo I have seen ever and must have been taken with a 600mm lens to bring it so close to Seattle. I just can't believe it has been taken only with a 55-200mm lens, like Flickr suggest. Although an illusion, that's a great photo.

The furthest that Vancouver can be seen from must be from top of Mt. Baker (110km away). One needs climbing gear to get up there, so I have never been there myself, but I would imagine that you can see the city rather easily from there, even with bare eyes.

I would also imagine that you can see Vancouver from top of some mountains on Vancouver Island, however you would need a powerful telephoto lens for that.

Beedok · #**143** Posted **Nov 18, 2013, 11:44 AM**

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Originally Posted by Waterlooson

How do you figure that moisture affects mirages?

The explinations I gave? Moisture affects the lensing abilities and temperature of the air. Deserts and such get them too, but that's normally a different type of mirage and again is caused by temperature differentials at least partially driven by varying humidities.

craneSpotter · #**144** Posted **Nov 19, 2013, 7:30 PM**

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Originally Posted by Klazu

That must be the most amazing Mt. Rainier photo I have seen ever and must have been taken with a 600mm lens to bring it so close to Seattle. I just can't believe it has been taken only with a 55-200mm lens, like Flickr suggest. Although an illusion, that's a great photo.

I would also imagine that you can see Vancouver from top of some mountains on Vancouver Island, however you would need a powerful telephoto lens for that.

Re: Mount Rainer. I stay in south Seattle (Tukwila/Renton/Seatac) and Tacoma area quite often, and while it is blown up in that photo, it always stikes me how Mount Rainer looms over that part of the metro. Especially when driving on roads (like Military Road) over the hills on the west side of the I-5. It's peak is almost ~4400m high!

Yes, you can certainly see Vancouver from peaks on Vancouver Island - especially at night. But I'm not sure the skyline - must be able to from certain areas I guess, especially with a big lens helping out

Hypothalamus · #**145** Posted **Nov 30, 2013, 3:50 AM**

The mountains look great in that photo!

go_leafs_go02 · #**146** Posted **Nov 30, 2013, 6:51 AM**

You can see Vancouver from the top of Mt. Cheam, which is directly east of Chilliwack. That's 105km as the crow flies.

Klazu · #**147** Posted **Nov 30, 2013, 3:56 PM**

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Originally Posted by go_leafs_go02

You can see Vancouver from the top of Mt. Cheam, which is directly east of Chilliwack. That's 105km as the crow flies.

I am sure you can. I have been thinking hiking up there next summer, but I am not sure if the gravel road up there will be doable with a BMW X1. I have read some comments that the road has few pretty extreme places along the way...

go_leafs_go02 · #**148** Posted **Dec 1, 2013, 9:54 PM**

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Originally Posted by Klazu

I am sure you can. I have been thinking hiking up there next summer, but I am not sure if the gravel road up there will be doable with a BMW X1. I have read some comments that the road has few pretty extreme places along the way...

Was up there in 2009, the road was horrible - you need 4X4 with a high wheel-base to get up there. I don't think much has been done there to make it any better.

Klazu · #**149** Posted **Dec 2, 2013, 12:15 AM**

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Originally Posted by go_leafs_go02

Was up there in 2009, the road was horrible - you need 4X4 with a high wheel-base to get up there.

Yeah, that's the thing. X1 is a 4X4, but the wheel-base is not very high. I would love to go up there (the view should be amazing), but after reading similar comments I guess I first need to come up with a more suitable ride.

The_Architect · #**150** Posted **Dec 2, 2013, 4:29 PM**

Pardon my ignorance but what would the effects be in Vancouver if Mount Baker were to erupt? Was anybody here around in the city when Mount St. Helens went?

LeftCoaster · #**151** Posted **Dec 3, 2013, 4:33 PM**

My parents were, it rained ash for a while, looked like black snow they said.

Effects of Baker would be similar, its close but not close enough to cause any damage I would imagine. My guess is it would just be a pretty cool sight and some headaches from the falling ash.

Calgarian · #**152** Posted **Dec 3, 2013, 4:56 PM**

It would depend entirely on what way the wind was blowing, but Vancouver would certainly get lots of ash.

Seeing Raineer from Seattle is a pretty cool experience, it almost looks as if it's just floating there, especially if there is snow on the top. On a really, really clear day you can see Baker too.

MolsonExport · #**153** Posted **Dec 3, 2013, 5:22 PM**

There are other, Canadian volcanoes (the Garibaldi Volcanic Belt) rather close to Vancouver, which could cause devastation to places like Whistler, Pemberton, and Squamish:

wikipedia

koops65 · #**154** Posted **Sep 8, 2014, 3:59 PM**

I was driving from Niagara Falls to St. Catharines this morning and I could clearly see Toronto so I stopped and snapped a pic with my point-and-shoot. Brutal quality but was the best I could do at the time. Normally the air quality isn't good enough to see the Toronto skyline from here, approx. 70km away.
https://maps.google.ca/maps?q=Mountain+R...tain+Rd,+Niagara+Falls,+Ontario&t=m&z=10

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Beedok · #**155** Posted **Sep 10, 2014, 12:53 AM**

Not a skyline, but interesting and sort of relevant. http://imgur.com/gallery/jzsT9

theman23 · #**156** Posted **Sep 10, 2014, 1:56 AM**

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Originally Posted by koops65

I was driving from Niagara Falls to St. Catharines this morning and I could clearly see Toronto so I stopped and snapped a pic with my point-and-shoot. Brutal quality but was the best I could do at the time. Normally the air quality isn't good enough to see the Toronto skyline from here, approx. 70km away.
https://maps.google.ca/maps?q=Mountain+R...tain+Rd,+Niagara+Falls,+Ontario&t=m&z=10

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You can usually see it pretty clearly from Niagara on The lake, which is a bit further.

middeljohn · #**157** Posted **Sep 10, 2014, 4:16 AM**

Once I almost got into an accident on the QEW driving through St Catharines because i was looking at the Toronto skyline.

I've seen Edmonton from Leduc, about 26 km. Driving to Winnipeg I first saw the skyline about 45-50km away due to it being so flat and uninhabited around the city. Ditto for Regina which I first saw about 20-25 km away.