World's Biggest Beaver Dam Visible From Space

[Zipperhead]

Canadian beavers built the world's longest dam -- so big it can be seen from space, The Sun reported Tuesday.

The incredible woodland construction is a staggering 2,790 feet in length -- more than half a mile long.
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[Charlotte]

What an impressive bunch of beavers 

[Woofage]

phaar phaar

[thing1]

What busy beavers they must be.

[LittleWheelsandBig]

A minor correction to
"The incredible woodland construction is a staggering 2,790 feet in length -- more than half a mile long.

It is twice the size of what was the world's largest, the Hoover dam, which borders Arizona and Nevada in the U.S. and spans 1,244 feet."

Obviously the USAians don't know of any dams outside the USA. Hirakud Dam - Hirakud Dam India, Hirakund Dam Orissa, Hirakud Dam
    Sambalpur

[Regulator]

Meh...  visible from space with a strong lens maybe.  Visible from space with the naked eye - not.

Contrary to popular misconception, the Great Wall of China is not visible from space with the naked eye either - neither is the Fresh Kills Landfill site in New York.

However, the Great Pacific Rubbish Tip is visible from space with the naked eye - a testament to man's polluting behaviour.

[thing1]

i took it to mean the effect of it is visible -- that is, the penned in & cleaned up area of water, rather than the structure of the dam itself (the majority of which is underwater anyway).

[David Martin]

A minor correction to
"The incredible woodland construction is a staggering 2,790 feet in length -- more than half a mile long.

It is twice the size of what was the world's largest, the Hoover dam, which borders Arizona and Nevada in the U.S. and spans 1,244 feet."

Obviously the USAians don't know of any dams outside the USA. Hirakud Dam - Hirakud Dam India, Hirakund Dam Orissa, Hirakud Dam
    Sambalpur

Meh. People who can't read the phrase 'what was the worlds largest'

[Jaded]

So that's what Jordan has been up to.

[Aidan]

So that's what Jordan has been up to.

yep looks like  part of her is damn visible from space.

[mattc]

A minor correction to
"The incredible woodland construction is a staggering 2,790 feet in length -- more than half a mile long.

It is twice the size of what was the world's largest, the Hoover dam, which borders Arizona and Nevada in the U.S. and spans 1,244 feet."

Obviously the USAians don't know of any dams outside the USA. Hirakud Dam - Hirakud Dam India, Hirakund Dam Orissa, Hirakud Dam
    Sambalpur

The Hoover was built 20 years earlier - at which point it was, indeed, the world's largest dam.

[LittleWheelsandBig]

A minor correction to
"The incredible woodland construction is a staggering 2,790 feet in length -- more than half a mile long.

It is twice the size of what was the world's largest, the Hoover dam, which borders Arizona and Nevada in the U.S. and spans 1,244 feet."

Obviously the USAians don't know of any dams outside the USA. Hirakud Dam - Hirakud Dam India, Hirakund Dam Orissa, Hirakud Dam
    Sambalpur

The Hoover was built 20 years earlier - at which point it was, indeed, the world's largest dam.

The Hoover was built before WW2, a bit more than 20 years before the beaver dam.   

[mattc]

I meant 20 years before the Indian one - but fair enough, you got me there!

[andygates]

I'm surprised that Fox printed this:

It is thought that several beaver families joined forces to create the massive dam, containing thousands of trees, and took many months to complete it.

Sounds like Socialism to me! 

[Jaded]

I'm surprised that Fox printed this:

It is thought that several beaver families joined forces to create the massive dam, containing thousands of trees, and took many months to complete it.

Sounds like Socialism to me! 

Environmental destruction at its worst!