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Fooled in Blackpool?

From the top of Blackpool Tower (approximately 150 metres) on the UK’s west coast, can you see the curvature of Earth along the Irish Sea horizon? I thought I could, but my friend disagreed. If I’m wrong, how high would we have needed to be?

Mark Ford, Bolton, Lancashire, UK

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