👍Maximum Derek👍 ( @Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de ) English15•1 month agoIf we’re anthropomorphizing photons, lets imagine how it experienced time. Most of those 93 million miles was instantaneous. Then for the the tiniest fraction of a second you’re screaming through thickening atmosphere before hitting someone and making a cone in their eye dance around like one of those fan powered air dancers at a used car lot. Maybe you even bounced off one those fan powered air dancers at a used car lot.
Mubelotix ( @Mubelotix@jlai.lu ) English13•1 month agoActually we are part of the ground. We are the planet earth, we just move strangely
Chuymatt ( @Chuymatt@beehaw.org ) English3•1 month agoCool!
lowleveldata ( @lowleveldata@programming.dev ) English13•1 month agoMore than 2 meters from my desk lamp
BossDj ( @BossDj@lemm.ee ) English6•1 month agoSome photons traveled the distance just to be blocked by your desk lamp
Evil_Shrubbery ( @Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee ) English8•1 month agoPhotons at their core don’t rally experience time because they are traveling like lighing fast.
Also they prob bounce around the sun (trapped by magnetic fields) for longer than they travel to Earth.
Also 2, sometimes starlight hits my eyes. Those poor very well traveled photons. Some might be even a bit red, but I doubt I’ve actually detected those.
rockerface ( @rockerface@lemm.ee ) English6•1 month agoIndeed, photons can take years to get from the sun’s core to it’s surface
floofloof ( @floofloof@lemmy.ca ) English7•1 month agoI saved it from the disappointment of being obstructed by Earth. Anyway, it’s not like it wasted any time on the journey.
CarbonIceDragon ( @CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social ) English7•1 month agoFrom the light’s point of view, that distance should get reduced to zero due to length contraction anyway if I’m remembering correctly?
Karyoplasma ( @Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de ) English4•1 month agoThe light from other stars travelled much farther until you blocked it with your retinas. Sun needs to grow some thicker skin.