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Originally Posted by Fuzz
I don't think mountain heights are all that illustrative for most people, because the majority don't really start at sea level. I prefer to think of a distance, like McKnight to the Bow is about 5 km at Centre St, then imagine something being that deep.
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Yeah, it's hard to explain and visualize. Grand Canyon depth for instance is like ~1800m and people are blown away by the grandeur of it. Ha Ling Peak is ~2200-2400m and basically you see Canmore as a dot. But yeah there's a difference between direct up/down and parallel to earth vs looking at all points from an angle which is what we all typically do.
Humans are supposed to be able to see about 3 miles out (around 4.5 km). That means in a straight line, a human would would basically look like a dot. So you'd need something large to keep looking that far.
Coincidentally, the Bow tower is approx 236M and the Titanic was 269m. There were a few comments where it was like, "Oh the Titanic wasn't even that big vs other boats." But I think if you imagine it being longer than the Bow is taller, it would start to give you some insight into the size of the thing and how much bigger things are getting now. Distance wise, I think Bow to Fox Hollow is approx the same distance as the Titanic below water.
Light doesn't go that far down, so I imagine 5 people stuffed into a sub compact (pun not intended
). Slowly drifting from Fox Hollow to the Bow with a basketball sized window looking for the thing that is around the size of the Bow Tower in pitch black darkness. Lights wise, they're using something like a pair of maglites? Kinda crazy.