2006-07-20 07:01:26 · 9 answers · asked by chris c 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
If you are traveling at the speed of light, time is standing still. Therefore you are frozen and really can't do anything at all -- move, breathe, think, anything -- much less "see in front of you".
2006-07-20 07:05:42 · answer #1 · answered by BalRog 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Relativity is a really, really crazy thing. Say you were on a train, sitting in the conductor's seat and traveling at the speed of light. Now, suppose that the train had a light on the front, which was shining out in front.
From YOUR perspective, the beam emitted by the headlight on the train would speed away from you at the speed of light (~300,000 km/s).
From someone watching from the side, the light would seem to never go beyond the headlight (it would stay exactly where it was when it was emitted). The train and the light emitted by the headlight would seem to be going exactly the same speed.
Now, if you were looking out in front of you, the only thing you would be able to clearly see is a VERY VERY small bit directly in front of you - the rest would be infinitely red-shifted. So, it would be just like looking down a straw - you could see directly in front, but nothing else.
Hope this helps!
2006-07-20 14:12:00 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
The theory of relativity says that from an oberservs point of view the light will always travel at the speed of light. So if you are traveling at the speed of light, all the light you look at will travel at the speed of light but I dont know what the surroundings will look like... But it is of course not possible to travel at the speed of light
2006-07-20 14:53:59 · answer #3 · answered by Thomas NP 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You will see nothing. Consider this example.
Suppose you are traveling at the speed of light, and you're carrying a flashlight. You shine the light in front of you. For observers on the ground, you and the beam must be moving together. However, you will see that the beam is still moving ahead of you. You would not be able to catvh up with the beam, so you will see nothing. Weird, isn't it?
2006-07-20 15:06:22 · answer #4 · answered by dennis_d_wurm 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
No, the wind would blow bugs in your eyes and debris, ever tryed seeing on a motorcycle doing 70 on the freeway? Our eyes are not equipped to see that type of deal, nor our bodies to travel that speed and survive it. Our eyes would dry up and burn. Therefore answer is literalley NO! Physically you can not see anything in front of you, maybe behind you if you can survive the trip and look backwards, making out the blurry stuff! Consider the atmosphere, you can't travel that fast into the atmosphere or within it and not burn up from the friction!
2006-07-20 14:24:29 · answer #5 · answered by laurameetsworld 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
You cannot travel at the speed of light because your mass would increase to infinity and you would therefore require an infinite amount of energy to get there.
2006-07-20 14:29:15 · answer #6 · answered by dwmcloda 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Traveling at the speed of light - close your eyes
2006-07-20 16:43:29 · answer #7 · answered by Ron K 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
You would see everything everywhere in all of time. . . Theoritically of course.
2006-07-20 14:05:07 · answer #8 · answered by Icy U 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
yes, but only if you have those cool "x-ray" glasses.
2006-07-20 14:04:55 · answer #9 · answered by R J 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋