Relativistic Flight through Stonehenge: Rear View


At a velocity of v= 0.97c our view into the direction of motion is surprisingly strange because we are no frogs and are not used to a wide-angle eye.

By contrast the rear view is not sensational. In back direction our field of vision consists of light rays which at rest one would see with an angle of less than 6° to the x-axis. In this case aberration acts similar to a telescope. Looking behind from large distance ( x = 1752 ) we see the back of Stonehenge as within reach.


x = 1752

In extreme slow motion our relativistic flight through Stonehenge is shown in the following

movie

(4.2 MB).

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Confirm, that the back side of the blocks become visible exactly when our Janus circle passes by and that the coordinate lines under our feet become part of the Janus circle when we pass them.


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