Imagine that you are a safe distance from a black hole, watching as a giant indestructable clock (with its second, minute, and hour hands lit by an internal white light source) fell towards the event horizon. What would you see?
the hands on the clock would appear to move more and more rapidly, and the clock's appearance would slowly turn more and more blue. Then it would suddenly vanish.
the hands on the clock would appear to move more and more rapidly, and the clock's appearance would dim, and slowly turn more and more red, until the clock vanished.
the hands on the clock would appear to move more and more slowly, and the clock's appearance would would dim and slowly turn more and more reddish. Before it was too dim to see, it would seem to be virtually motionless.
the hands on the clock would appear to move more and more slowly until they began to turn backwards at twice the radius of the event horizon. Its colors would also change from redish to bluish at this po
2006-07-18
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