Comment Re:Last I checked.... (Score 1) 712
>I read the first slide about these, and I loved the
>comment about how it isn't possible to make light
>do things without a large gravity source or some
>thing to redirect it through.
>
>That being the case then... Why does the road or a
>desert horizon shimmer on a hot day? Heat from the
>road or the sand is causing the light to shift.
It is not the Heat itself, it is the heated _AIR_ that the light travels and refracts _THROUGH_. The original comment is right.
>comment about how it isn't possible to make light
>do things without a large gravity source or some
>thing to redirect it through.
>
>That being the case then... Why does the road or a
>desert horizon shimmer on a hot day? Heat from the
>road or the sand is causing the light to shift.
It is not the Heat itself, it is the heated _AIR_ that the light travels and refracts _THROUGH_. The original comment is right.
