Crazy Random Thought Of the Day: Is the Speed of light Static?

Shadowprophet

Truthiness
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I'm just curious about what you guys think. Yes, I know on paper the speed of light is constant. But.
I'm thinking about how space-time can be seen through gravitational lensing. to some degree, those photons are manipulated by spacetimes pull at that body of mass. So. If those photons are affected by space-time. Would that not mean that the speed of the light affected was altered?

Meaning not consistent or static?

For that matter, Inside a star because of the amazing gravity, It takes photons hundreds of thousands of years to make it from the center of a star to the surface. And what about a black hole that can just trap light completely. If the speed of light can be tangibly affected. then light is not a constant static speed. It can't be..
 
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August

Metanoia
Light doesn’t always travel at the speed of light. A new experiment has revealed that focusing or manipulating the structure of light pulses reduces their speed, even in vacuum conditions.
 

Shadowprophet

Truthiness
Light doesn’t always travel at the speed of light. A new experiment has revealed that focusing or manipulating the structure of light pulses reduces their speed, even in vacuum conditions.
This is Good. I've been really wondering about this for a while. Now that light can be considered a relative force. Perhaps Light can have genuine quantum properties.
 

Kchoo

At Peace.
If light can be slowed down, we are on our way to building our next generation five speed.

*Shadow flies out in his new light driven ulev.*
 

CasualBystander

Celestial
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I'm just curious about what you guys think. Yes, I know on paper the speed of light is constant. But.
I'm thinking about how space-time can be seen through gravitational lensing. to some degree, those photons are manipulated by spacetimes pull at that body of mass. So. If those photons are affected by space-time. Would that not mean that the speed of the light affected was altered?

Meaning not consistent or static?

For that matter, Inside a star because of the amazing gravity, It takes photons hundreds of thousands of years to make it from the center of a star to the surface. And what about a black hole that can just trap light completely. If the speed of light can be tangibly affected. then light is not a constant static speed. It can't be..

You are getting wavelength separation because your prism is shaped funny. Use a normal prism (or a pane of glass).

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Fine-structure constant

ε - Permittivity - Wikipedia

It takes photons hundreds of thousands of years - look up global warming theory - same effect.
 
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Shadowprophet

Truthiness
You are getting wavelength separation because your prism is shaped funny. Use a normal prism (or a pane of glass).

light-refraction-glass.gif



Fine-structure constant

ε - Permittivity - Wikipedia

It takes photons hundreds of thousands of years - look up global warming theory - same effect.

In this case though. I'm thinking about space-time. could not space-time itself, act as a prism for photons seeing as gravitational lensing seems to be a focal point for light?
 
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