RayR wrote:I've heard you can actually see Alaska from Russia.
Not to be THAT guy (but I will) and all SNL jokes about Sarah Palin aside - there actually IS a point in Alaska where you can see Russia. There are two islands in the Bering Straight - one called Big Diomede (part of Russia) and one called Little Diomede (part of Alaska). While both are sparsely inhabited and since they're only about 2 miles apart you CAN see Russia from the village on Little Diomede. I'm just sayin ......