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horizon-the line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet. apparent horizon, sensible horizon, visible horizon, skyline. linear perspective, perspective-the appearance of things relative to one another as determined by their distance from the viewer.
And as I gaze over the amber waves of grain to the line that divides land and sky, I sometimes wonder how far away that line is. The horizon is a semi-mythical distance, used in poetry as a metaphor for a philosophical division of some kind. But in fact it's a real thing, and the distance to it can be determined.