Question

Does light "see" everything as frozen in time (infinitely slow) since it is moving at speed c?

Answer 1

Absolutely

Answer 2

when you approach the speed of light what do you see out of your eyes in your frame of reference.It depends on what you're looking at of course.Objects appear rotated/distorted.annswer to you question is all about relativity.If you were travelling near light speed, you would indeed see the entire earth go by "in a flash". You'd need a (very!) high-speed camera that you could watch in slow motion in order to see (in retrospect) what had happened while you were flying by.

Answer 3

so its all relative (relativity) theres no exact single answer to your question

Answer 4

for more info check out this link
http://www.anu.edu.au/Physics/Searle/

Answer 5

hint-answer from the frame of reference of the light particle...it's momentum suggests that it does not follow the infinite mass increase experienced by most matter....

Answer 6

Its the other way around. Becuase teh photon is moving at the speed of light, it is its clock that slows to zero, hence every event in the universe appears to happen simultaneously from its view.

Answer 7

Dang, does that mean there is a, hmmm, what should we call it, a place where there is infinite energy, or is it finite? In the frame of, well, all electromagnetic energy, I mean.

Answer 8

I dont think that this would be teh case

Answer 9

You're probably right, the photon would only have this experience for a finite time, so it is that duration only (a finite one) that it would experience the simultaneity of events.

Answer 10

Since the photon sees the universe moving at speed c, I suppose the universe would also be length contracted to 0, so not only would everything be frozen in time, it would also be two-dimensional.