How is the universe is experienced at light speed?

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When moving faster, we experience time dilation and space contraction. We often state that a photon does not travel through time, i.e. if it where capable of observation, it would not experience time.

But how about space? Would the photon experience a two-dimensional space?

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Dec 16 '13 at 07:26

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No, not a bi-dimensional space. A photon can intersect with photons coming from every direction, so it senses a three-dimensional space. But since time does not happen for the photon, it experiments all the events at the same time. Everything happens to it together.

edited Dec 16 '13 at 07:26

Brandon Enright

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answered Dec 14 '13 at 01:56

How is the universe is experienced at light speed?

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