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On a clear day, though, a person standing at sea level can see a little less than three miles across the ocean. You can see farther if you go higherâat the highest altitude on Little Diomede (919 feet), you can see for about 37 miles. (Between mid-December and mid-June, when the water between the two islands freezes, an intrepid explorer can just walk from one to the other.)
Even in light years, measuring distances across the universe becomes unwieldy. But measuring in something familiar, like miles, is truly humbling. From here to the edge of our vision spans a distance of approximately 276,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 miles. And itâs getting bigger every day. Bottom line: How far is a light-year? Itâs the distance a beam of light travels in one year â a distance of six trillion miles. Christopher Crockett Christopher has a Ph.D. in astronomy from the University of California, Los Angeles.