SortStack #2330 — 2032-10-25

By size · Order from shortest to longest.

1. The International Space Station 109 m

   Orbiting Earth roughly every 90 minutes, its crew sees about 16 sunrises and sunsets every single day.

2. The Burj Khalifa, Dubai 828 m

   It is so tall that people on the ground floor can watch the sunset, then ride up and watch it set a second time.

3. The Brooklyn Bridge (total length) 1.8 km

   When it opened in 1883, a stampede fearing collapse killed twelve people; a circus later marched elephants across to prove its strength.

4. Aconcagua, Argentina 7 km

   The highest peak outside Asia, it can be hiked to the summit without ropes, yet thin air still kills climbers.

5. The island of Manhattan (length) 21.5 km

   The entire island was famously bought from Native inhabitants in 1626 for goods worth a tiny sum.

6. The Grand Canyon (length) 446 km

   The Colorado River carved it over millions of years, exposing rock layers nearly two billion years old at the bottom.

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