XPost: sci.physics.relativity   
   From: chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com   
      
   On 9/15/2025 1:01 PM, Chris M. Thomasson wrote:   
   > On 9/14/2025 11:38 PM, Thomas Heger wrote:   
   > [...]   
   >   
   > One observer of photons from A coming right at it, and photons from B   
   > that need to go through a shit load of twists and turns before the   
   > observer. The photons A and B are both traveling at the speed of light.   
   > But, B's ones takes a longer path to reach the observer because of all   
   > the twists and turns in the medium, while A's photons are a straight   
   > line? Will the photons arrive at the observer at the same time? I think   
   > not?   
   >   
   > However, this does not mean that the speed of light differs. Its the same.   
      
   It’s funny... Well, imagine two photons emitted from the same source,   
   each taking slightly different starting directions to ride different   
   “rails” through space. rails being "field lines" in the universe. One   
   photon travels a relatively straight path, while the other weaves   
   through gravitational fields. Even though the source is the same   
   distance from Earth “as the crow flies,” the photons would arrive at   
   different times. If we just measured travel time, we might think the   
   second photon came from a more distant source, even though both   
   originated from the exact same emitter.   
      
   Fwiw, here an example 3d version I made using my experimental n-ary   
   field. You can explore it in real time. It's not animated, so its a   
   static view. However, it shows the rails that photons can ride. Not   
   infinite here, but just a way to show it:   
      
   https://skfb.ly/pyP9E   
      
   Does it work for you? Thanks.   
      
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