Great Wall of China / Die Chinesische Mauer

First, the good news: The Great Wall of China can, indeed, be seen from outer space with the naked eye.
So education officials, who fretted about changing textbooks - which have long held that the Great Wall and the dykes in the Netherlands were the only man-made structures visible from space - can breathe easy.
Yang Liwei, the nation's first spaceman, disappointed a lot of Chinese when he said he did not see the wall during his orbit of less than 24 hours in October 2003, prompting calls for revisions in textbooks.
But there is a rider: There are many, many structures which can also be seen, such as the Pyramids of Egypt, airports, highways - and even Beijing's Third Ring Road.



Und man sieht sie doch
Die Große Mauer in China ist doch aus dem All sichtbar. Man könne sie mit bloßem Auge sehen und sogar mit einem normalen Fotoapparat im Bild festhalten, teilten Experten der amerikanischen Luft- und Raumfahrtbehörde Nasa nach der Auswertung von Fotos des US-Astronauten Leroy Chiao aus der Internationalen Raumstation ISS mit.