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Originally Posted by worth
The difference between a satellite though is you look straight up.
If your looking at a flare, you have to look through much more atmosphere, because it's more along the horizon which is much more dense.
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True, but if the flares were 100 miles away that's still a lot less than the what, 600 or 800 miles of atmosphere (though of course it gets thin quite quickly).
Without knowing atmospheric conditions, the actual brightness of the flares, etc, it's impossible to make a judgement one way or the other.