as with a sonic boom, I think that eclipsing the speed of light would cause a HUGE flash of light, as reflected light combines with the light that was already reflected.
would traveling at the speed of light make everything else seem to stop as no new imiges could catch you.
and traveling faster would have you catching 'old' light and so you would actually see everything in reverse (like rewinding a movie).
Does this sound about right to you?
I am asking for your opinion of naked eye observations, not equations, thank you.
2006-07-06 11:17:18 · 8 answers · asked by athorgarak 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Mmmm... You're not too far off. Say you turned into light (but still experienced the world as you normally do) and sped away from Earth. You would feel time pass as normal, but the universe outside would be frozen in the instant that you left. Not moving at all.
If you somehow broke what I'm guessing you're imagining as a "light barrier" you would see old light (past events on earth), or at least you would if you could see.
The issue there is that kind of like how you hear a shift in the sound of a horn blaring from a car as it passes you, a similar thing happens to light when you move towards or away from the light source (Say Earth in this case). This would shift the frequencies of the light you'd be running into beyond human (or really any thing's) range of perception.
As far as that flash of light thing, I believe things that move faster than light shed off a light cone, but I'm not familiar with the mechanisms behind this. (yes things can move faster than light, but the do NOT do so in a vacuum, only in certain special mediums).
2006-07-06 11:48:59 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Sound is the vibration of molecules and for this reason needs a media to commute by using - with sound this media is the vibration of debris or molecules (which have mass) and for this reason can not commute on the speed of light through Einstein's theory of relativity. mild has no mass and is an Electromagnetic wave - it does reveal some homes that debris have, yet it does not must have a medium to commute in - that is shown by using the very actuality we see the sunlight yet the mild has to commute by using area (it quite is a vacuum). NB... Steve C is faulty, mild has no mass yet has means and momentum in accordance to the the equation-: means = Plank consistent x Frequency. i.e. the better the frequency the extra means and momentum it contains. mild (or photons of the EM spectrum) are the agencies of the electromagnetic rigidity that could artwork together with count number number shifting means between them. analyze the Photoelectric result and Compton scattering for extra documents. No-one is prevalent with for particular how gravity suits into the photo, it really is been postulated that gravity is carried by using an entity said as the 'gravitron' yet as yet it has not been got here upon - that is likewise reported that although contains the gravitational rigidity ought to commute on the speed of light. If someone discovers the 'gravitational service', there is little question there'll be a nobel prize for them, as this can finished what's prevalent because the 'customary kind' in physics.
2016-11-01 08:14:46 · answer #2 · answered by porterii 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wish I could think of the name of a book I read by Bertrand Russell, it discusses just what you're asking about. The only thing I can recall is his saying that, to you, the one traveling at the speed of light, everything out side your vehicle would appear to move very, very slowly. I don't remember anything about a flash of light, and, no, nothing would look to be moving backwards.
2006-07-06 11:26:42 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unless you believe the fallacy that travelling at the speed of light is the fastest you can go and will absolutely slow time. There is a lot of misunderstanding about this speed of light and the so called time dilation.
2006-07-06 11:26:42 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would look exactly like it looks to you right now, since it is likely you are already travelling the speed of light relative to something out there....
2006-07-06 11:25:21 · answer #5 · answered by tspbrady 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you wouldn't be able to see anything move behind you but everything would seem to be happening twice as fast in front of you. when you go faster than the speed of light everything behind you looks as if its reversing.
2006-07-06 11:27:03 · answer #6 · answered by wormhole 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would be kinda blurry, and shifted towards the red spectrum.
2006-07-06 11:20:12 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
a blur, probably a little rocket sickness feel.
2006-07-06 11:29:43 · answer #8 · answered by bec3tiny 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋