> You can see rivers, mountain ranges, coasts, valleys and walls. But you ca... | Hacker News

Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit

		zalew on April 19, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Call for a global Immigration Reform > You can see rivers, mountain ranges, coasts, valleys and walls. But you can't see national borders, Actually, sometimes you can http://blogs.nasa.gov/cm/blog/fragileoasis/posts/post_131543... (definitely worth a read)

ktizo on April 19, 2012 [–]

I'd say that he is seeing the physical representation of a border, the border itself being, of necessity, infinitely thin, and therefore very difficult to observe even when fairly close.

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact