The speed of light is constant at approximately 3 x 108 m/s in all inertial frames of reference, as established by the principles of relativity. It is impossible to move at the speed of light, making questions about experiencing light at rest meaningless. Instead, when moving at speeds close to light, such as 0.99c, observers will still measure light's speed as c in their respective frames. This principle is further explained by the concept of relativistic velocity addition.
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You cannot without violating relativity. Asking what relativity predicts if relativity cannot be applied is pointless.Dr. Manoj said:if I'm also moving at the speed of light
mfb said:You cannot without violating relativity. Asking what relativity predicts if relativity cannot be applied is pointless.
The problem is that relativity prohibits you from moving at the speed of light with respect to anything. That's why your question is meaningless as stated.Dr. Manoj said:Consider an ideal situation, if I'm also moving at the speed of light, will I feel light to be at rest or still at the speed of light itself according to my frame of reference?
What he said.Doc Al said:But we can change your question a bit so that it's answerable: What if you were moving at 0.99c with respect to me? If either you or I shine a beam of light, we would both measure that light to be moving at the usual speed c with respect to ourselves.
Doc Al said:The problem is that relativity prohibits you from moving at the speed of light with respect to anything. That's why your question is meaningless as stated.
But we can change your question a bit so that it's answerable: What if you were moving at 0.99c with respect to me? If either you or I shine a beam of light, we would both measure that light to be moving at the usual speed c with respect to ourselves.
Does that help?
Dr. Manoj said:It's said that, speed of light is same in every frame is reference. Consider an ideal situation, if I'm also move at half of the speed of light, will I feel light to be still moving at the speed of light itself that is 3X10^8m/s according to my frame of reference?
mfb said:The question you asked just does not make sense.
"If I do not exist, where do I live?"
Dr. Manoj said:Means even if we are moving with whatever possible speed less than speed of light, with respect to the frame, we still see the speed of light to be 3X10^8 m/s only right?