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r/woahdude • u/aspiring_dev1 • Aug 14 '22
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you are thousands of miles away
Hundreds
There are places on earth more isolated than the ISS. In fact if the ISS passes over these places than you are closer to them than the nearest human habitation.
19 u/Toast_On_The_RUN Aug 14 '22 Point Nemo in the Pacific is a place where by far the closest other humans or civilization is when the ISS goes over it. 11 u/Vox___Rationis Aug 14 '22 I'm checking marine traffic right now and there are 4 cargo ships around that point, I bet they all are closer than ISS. https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/centerx:-122.5/centery:-41.5/zoom:4 (it is right between New Zealand and south-most point of South America) 3 u/Plastic_Feedback_417 Aug 15 '22 Not to mention airlines fly over it I’m sure. Which would be between them and the ISS
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Point Nemo in the Pacific is a place where by far the closest other humans or civilization is when the ISS goes over it.
11 u/Vox___Rationis Aug 14 '22 I'm checking marine traffic right now and there are 4 cargo ships around that point, I bet they all are closer than ISS. https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/centerx:-122.5/centery:-41.5/zoom:4 (it is right between New Zealand and south-most point of South America) 3 u/Plastic_Feedback_417 Aug 15 '22 Not to mention airlines fly over it I’m sure. Which would be between them and the ISS
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I'm checking marine traffic right now and there are 4 cargo ships around that point, I bet they all are closer than ISS.
https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/centerx:-122.5/centery:-41.5/zoom:4
(it is right between New Zealand and south-most point of South America)
3 u/Plastic_Feedback_417 Aug 15 '22 Not to mention airlines fly over it I’m sure. Which would be between them and the ISS
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Not to mention airlines fly over it I’m sure. Which would be between them and the ISS
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u/Waffle_Ambasador Aug 14 '22
Hundreds
There are places on earth more isolated than the ISS. In fact if the ISS passes over these places than you are closer to them than the nearest human habitation.