RE: SCI: slow light

From: Jonathan Reeves (JonathanR@mail.iclshelpdesks.com)
Date: Tue Feb 23 1999 - 01:48:13 MST


Danny (CALYK@aol.com) writes:

> Such as in the bending of space, like with black holes, they suck
light in at
> like twice their speed. So it is in this case that light is
travelling
> faster, relatively. But it's also implied it goes the same speed,
just uses a
> wrinkle in time. Light moving through water or whatever also goes the
same
> speed, its just refracted.

So, speeding light up by gravity means distorting time, but slowing it
down means it's merely refracted ?

:-)

Jon Reeves



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