If you traveled exactly 5000 miles (8047 km) from your current location, where would you end up?
Why 5,000 miles matters:
A distance of 5,000 miles approaches global-scale separation on Earth. At this range, travel often spans entire oceans, multiple continents, or opposing hemispheres, making it useful for visualizing Earthβs curvature and near-antipodal relationships. This distance is commonly used to understand long-haul global travel and the relative positioning of distant world regions.