Wake to a New Sun

The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.

Christopher McCandless

According to the BBC’s Science Focus site, the horizon is about 4.8km (2.98 miles) away for a person of average height at sea level. “The horizon isn’t a static property of the Earth, like the equator or the North Pole. It’s an entirely local phenomenon that depends on the shape of the surrounding terrain, the atmospheric conditions and the height of your viewpoint.” For the flat-Earther’s out there, that’s helpful knowledge to keep from falling off the edge. “If you assume very flat terrain and good visibility, you can multiply your height in metres above the ground by 13, and take the square root of that. This is the distance to the horizon, in kilometres.”

About the author

Christopher McCandless (February 12, 1968[2] – c. August 1992), also known by his pseudonym “Alexander Supertramp”, was an American adventurer who sought an increasingly nomadic lifestyle as he grew up. McCandless is the subject of Into the Wild, a nonfiction book by Jon Krakauer that was later made into a full-length feature film.