From the ground, a large weather balloon at an altitude of 30 kilometers appears as a star. |
It arrived at Venus at a distance of 34, 800 kilometers and scanned its surface with infrared and microwave radiometers. |
People drive in kilometers, fill their gas tanks by litres and heat their homes in degrees centigrade. |
In Qutaifah we were told by several local people that there was no khan in their town, only the Khan al-Arus some kilometers away. |
If all of the construction materials used to rebuild Potsdamer Platz were loaded on rail cars, the train would stretch 5,000 kilometers. |
It seems to me like if it takes more kilometers to make a mile, then it should take more kilograms to make a pound. |