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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.)
Accounting for an average persons height at sea level, the horizon and curvature of the earth. Answer Wiki. If you're not standing on anything (say 2 meters high), you can see about 5 km. If you're standing on the crow's nest of your ship (30m), you can see about 20 km. If you're standing on top of a skyscraper (300m), you can see about 60 km. If you're standing on top of Everest, or an airplane (9000m), you can see about 340 km. In general, if you're standing [math]x[/math] meters high, and [math]x[/math] is much smaller than the radius of the Earth, you can see about [math]\sqrt{2Rx}[/math] meters.