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Although perhaps obvious, I feel like this is Randall trying to provide motivation to clean up the Earth (eg. Global warming and what not) in general, but making it kinda fun instead of doomsday scenarios. Might be useful to mention in body of explanation. [[User:Stephenjuniverse|Stephenjuniverse]] ([[User talk:Stephenjuniverse|talk]]) 14:00, 5 October 2021 (UTC)
 
Although perhaps obvious, I feel like this is Randall trying to provide motivation to clean up the Earth (eg. Global warming and what not) in general, but making it kinda fun instead of doomsday scenarios. Might be useful to mention in body of explanation. [[User:Stephenjuniverse|Stephenjuniverse]] ([[User talk:Stephenjuniverse|talk]]) 14:00, 5 October 2021 (UTC)
 
:Possibly, but it could also be prompted by the plan to deploy lots of Starlink satellites that interfere with astronomy. And increasing concern over all the space junk in orbit. We're just messy on many levels, like a teenager who never cleans up his room. [[User:Barmar|Barmar]] ([[User talk:Barmar|talk]]) 14:28, 5 October 2021 (UTC)
 
:Possibly, but it could also be prompted by the plan to deploy lots of Starlink satellites that interfere with astronomy. And increasing concern over all the space junk in orbit. We're just messy on many levels, like a teenager who never cleans up his room. [[User:Barmar|Barmar]] ([[User talk:Barmar|talk]]) 14:28, 5 October 2021 (UTC)
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:That's a fair point. [[User:Stephenjuniverse|Stephenjuniverse]] ([[User talk:Stephenjuniverse|talk]]) 14:20, 6 October 2021 (UTC)
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:That's a fair point. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.147.23|172.70.147.23]] 14:19, 6 October 2021 (UTC)
  
 
Regarding the visibility of the Great Wall, it is possible that the chain of geographical significant boundary features (upon which the wall was built, beacause it was a convenient definable and defendable ribbon of terrain to make a claim over) are notably visible. As might other (unrelated, unWalled) geographies/geologies, but you're not looking at those bits 'imagining' you can see the Wall and seeing man-made patterns where there should be none. (Also, if settlements and/or transport links roughly hug one side or the other of the vague and intrinsically non-visible route, for historical or recent reasons, they might add 'relief' enhancement to the scene by whatever geophysical 'smudged marks' they display to the orbital viewer. A bit like Belgium's borders are made very visible at night due to the legislatedly ubiquitous street-lighting, compared to its neighbours, or North Korea by the inverse effect - but especially against its southern neighbour.) [[Special:Contributions/141.101.77.69|141.101.77.69]] 18:28, 5 October 2021 (UTC)
 
Regarding the visibility of the Great Wall, it is possible that the chain of geographical significant boundary features (upon which the wall was built, beacause it was a convenient definable and defendable ribbon of terrain to make a claim over) are notably visible. As might other (unrelated, unWalled) geographies/geologies, but you're not looking at those bits 'imagining' you can see the Wall and seeing man-made patterns where there should be none. (Also, if settlements and/or transport links roughly hug one side or the other of the vague and intrinsically non-visible route, for historical or recent reasons, they might add 'relief' enhancement to the scene by whatever geophysical 'smudged marks' they display to the orbital viewer. A bit like Belgium's borders are made very visible at night due to the legislatedly ubiquitous street-lighting, compared to its neighbours, or North Korea by the inverse effect - but especially against its southern neighbour.) [[Special:Contributions/141.101.77.69|141.101.77.69]] 18:28, 5 October 2021 (UTC)

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