This afternoon, almost a month after we rented out our house, and with about 4600 miles on the odometer of the new minivan, I got to climb to the top of the Tybee lighthouse and look at the atlantic. I'd say the smithsonian is about twice as far away as I thought it would be, yet another example of why you should never ask a developer to scope a project.
A lighthouse needs to be over 150' tall to be visible 20 miles out: the horizon is only about 9 miles out, and it takes a lot of height get up over the horizon. Given that sunset in Savanah is about 3 hours ahead of sunset in Santa Barbara, I expect a light that could be visible across the country would need to be pretty high up.
Longitude is a trip!
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