Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: The Starmaker Newsgroups: sci.physics.relativity,sci.physics Subject: Re: Speed of light...outside Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2025 11:04:59 -0800 Organization: The Starmaker Organization Lines: 46 Message-ID: <67B8CE5B.177E@ix.netcom.com> References: <67B768CF.5C53@ix.netcom.com> Reply-To: starmaker@ix.netcom.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2025 20:04:55 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="9d8d8d4e4a54e5d06c13e9b7b27ecadc"; logging-data="3699704"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18fF8Abazz/Hvl7Vul30+54z5568cdKYxU=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:KqDOq3c6fVZC7xbbyvPEO65XJpU= X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04Gold (WinNT; U) X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-Antivirus: Avast (VPS 250221-6, 02/21/2025), Outbound message Xref: csiph.com sci.physics.relativity:661366 sci.physics:891460 The Starmaker wrote: > > I'm very confused about > the speed of light... > > there are questions i don't > have the answer to.. > > What is the speed of light in > earth's atmosphere compared to outside of > earth's atmosphere? > > I know in a vacumn it has a fixed number.. > > but I'm refering to outside a vacumn, the speed of light > in earth's atmosphere compared to outside of > earth's atmosphere? > I understand this might be a higher level of your ability to understand.. I'll simplfy it... What is the speed of Superman flying in earth's atmosphere compared to Superman flying outside of earth's atmosphere? How about a speeding bullet? or maybe even a train??? -- The Starmaker -- To question the unquestionable, ask the unaskable, to think the unthinkable, mention the unmentionable, say the unsayable, and challenge the unchallengeable.