by Leezee on December 28th, 2005

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If one is at the front of a beam of light, travelling at light speed, then held a mirror in front of you, what would you see?

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by -O-uknow on February 19th, 2007
A monkey? Just kidding. You would see yourself. Light travels at lightspeed no matter from where. The rays would hit the mirror at lightspeed and return at lightspeed. Nothing adds to the speed of light.
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