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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.
For a person standing at sea level, however, the horizon is only about 3 miles away. Lets do the calculations. The figure below shows an observer whose eyes are a distance E above sea level. A straight line drawn from the observers eyes tangent to the seas surface touches it at the distance d1, which is the distance to the horizon. If R is the radius of the earth, then, to first order in E/R, it is easy to show that.