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Old 30-05-2008, 05:42 PM
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Bendy light

Hi Alex,

Well, I think I'm with you on this one.

Aside from relativistic considerations (and motion of the observer -- let's assume he/she is static), the light (well each individual photon) has to travel in a straight line from the origin, don't it?

Assuming it is a reasonably well focused torch beam (better a laser) (but not shining at a plane) they would all be travelling in more or less the same direction at exactly the same speed, so logic say's it must be a straight line I guess?

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