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Mark Kelly: “The only border you actually see that's not a river is the…”

Featuring: Mark Kelly, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Arizona

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Senator Mark Kelly on Stoicism, Space, and Staying Calm Under Pressure

Published | Video Starts at 31:41

With one exception. Great Wall. No, that's a whole. The Chinese like to say it's the only thing you can see from space. What is that? That's bullshit. The only border you actually see that's not a river is the southern part of Israel. Because on one side it's desert, the other side it's cultivated land. Right. So there's a straight line. And that's the only place I can think of that you physically can see a border during the day. (31:41–31:54)

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Asserts that the southern border of Israel is visible from space due to contrasting landscapes.

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