Artificial structures visible from space without magnification include highways, dams, and cities.
The region around the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, as seen from the Russian space station Mir in 1997
Greenhouses in the province of Almería, Andalucía, Spain
Bingham Canyon Mine near Salt Lake City, Utah, from the International Space Station in 2007
Great Wall of China
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The Great Wall of China is a series of fortifications in China. They were built across the historical northern borders of ancient Chinese states and Imperial China as protection against various nomadi
Artificial structures visible from space
…deposit southwest of Salt Lake City, Utah, in the Oquirrh Mountains. The mine is the largest human-made excavation in the world. The claim that the Great Wall of China is the only man-made object visible from the Moon or outer space has been debunked many times, but remains a common misconception in popular culture…
The Ming dynasty Great Wall at Jinshanling
Part of the Great Wall of China (April 1853, X, p. 41)
The Great Wall in 1907
Great Wall of Han dynasty near Yumenguan