From the Yucatan to Cabo San Antonio which is the closest land fall in Cuba is is 96 miles. By air from Cancun Airport to Jose Marti Airport in Habana is a 45 minute flight, not certain of the exact milage. on a clear night, you can actually see the lighthouse light beam from cuba in Cancun.
A state of matter between a solid and a gas, in which the shape of a given mass depends on the containing vessel, the volume being independent. Liquids are almost as incompressible as solids,
Liquid crystal. Liquid crystals (LCs) are matter in a state which has properties between those of conventional liquids and those of solid crystals. For instance, a liquid crystal may flow like a liquid, but its molecules may be oriented in a crystal-like way. There are many different types of liquid-crystal phases, which can be distinguished by their different optical properties (such as birefringence).