то есть они стену там не видят. просто они "знают", что она там должна быть, потому что она есть на картах..... мда... любопытно, не правда ли? а какой смысл вообще тогда фотографировать, если известно, что она там есть. Можно даже не с увеличением, а с удалением сфотать, и сказать - вот там есть Великкая Стена...
вот такая вот наука.
Вопрос все-таки покоя не дает:
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-04/19/content_435468.htmGreat Wall from space? You should know where to look
By Dwight Daniels (China Daily)
Updated: 2005-04-19 09:36
So, now we know. The Great Wall is almost certainly perceptible by the naked eye from space. That is, if one
encounters perfect conditions and knows precisely where to look.
This shot of the Badaling section of the Great Wall was taken by space station astronaut Leroy Chiao on the morning
of February 20 when he flew over Beijing at an altitude of 360 kilometres. The photograph, the first ever released by
Chiao, was studied by Professor Wei Chengjie, an expert in remote sensing, who added the markings and toned
down the blue colour so that it closer resembles the view one would have from an aeroplane. [Leroy Chiao]
The myth was grand, at one point nearly prompting a nation - China - to change claims in its school textbooks,
pointing out that the Great Wall wasn't visible from the reaches of space.
This was a heavy blow to the esteem of all China.
Chinese space man Yang Liwei said he didn't see it, and bowed out of the controversy.
The Great Wall should be perceptible from Chiao's perch at the International Space Station, if and when the space
station is perfectly aligned for viewing, and if Mother Nature allows weather conditions and lighting on Earth that are
ideal. And the spotter has just seconds to make the observation.
It would be a great achievement for this humble man who traces his ethnic roots to Shandong in China.
He could claim it as feat for the United States, China, and the world.
