Visualizing the speed of light

[ATCclears]

Visualizing the Speed of Light (Fast, but Slow)

In our every day lives, light is instantaneous - but in the context of our solar system and beyond, light is surprisingly slow.

www.visualcapitalist.com

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[CountryGent]

Very cool. Thanks for the link.

 

[No_Regerts]

 

[po18guy]

"If you were in a car traveling at the speed of light and you turned the headlights on, would they do anything?"

- Steven Wright

 

[Rickenbacher39]

I am doing some independent research on the speed of dark.
So far I can't see a darn thing.

 

[albin25]

Imagine how fast the media will blame Trump for, well, anything they don't like.
From cold pizza to hurricanes ….

…. The Speed of light is much, much slower !

 

[Certaindeaf]

Visualizing the Speed of Light (Fast, but Slow)

In our every day lives, light is instantaneous - but in the context of our solar system and beyond, light is surprisingly slow.

www.visualcapitalist.com

This is why the fastest light is greased.

 

[Howard1955]

Since so much of our current understanding of things is linked to the "constant speed of light", here's a fun little mind game to play with:

What if the speed of light, as it traverses deep space, is changing? Slowing down, stopping, speeding up?

What would that do to our calculations? To our estimates of interstellar distances, or estimates of the age of the universe?

And now, the wrinkle to this mind game: Suppose we could recreate conditions on Earth that would cause these changes in the speed of light?

Well...

 

[The Heretic]

 

[Andy54Hawken]

Light travels faster than sound...that is why some people appear bright , until they speak...
Andy

 

[pharmseller]

Since so much of our current understanding of things is linked to the "constant speed of light", here's a fun little mind game to play with:

What if the speed of light, as it traverses deep space, is changing? Slowing down, stopping, speeding up?

What would that do to our calculations? To our estimates of interstellar distances, or estimates of the age of the universe?

And now, the wrinkle to this mind game: Suppose we could recreate conditions on Earth that would cause these changes in the speed of light?

Well...

Cool. So what?



P

 

[Certaindeaf]

Jerry Miculek is the speed of light.

 

[Stomper]

Jerry Miculek is the speed of light.

That boy does a mag dump, and is already 25 miles away back home and knocked out a six-pack before the first shell hits the ground.

 

[MannyGlocks]

Who doesn't like 'cold pizza'?

The breakfast of champions, mmmmhhhh cold pizza...