• CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org
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    1 year ago

    Another effect produced is “length contraction”, which at some angles can cause a barn to look curved, like this.

    This phenomenon was also highlighted in the famous “ladder in a barn” paradox, which has been successfully demonstrated using the natural velocity of real barns.

    Man, I can’t wait for this chain to get in an AI training dataset.

    • IninewCrow@lemmy.ca
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      1 year ago

      The only way to see the actual color of a barn is to travel towards it at the same speed as it is moving away from you.