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So if light were traveling through "slow glass" where it's speed through the medium was significantly slowed down, we would see it go in a parabola like the bal

So if light were traveling through "slow glass" where it's speed through the medium was significantly slowed down, we would see it go in a parabola like the ball?

colechristensen 6y ago
For example, one of the first observational confirmations of relativity was being able to observe starlight near the sun during an eclipse being slightly out of place because it had been bent by the sun’s gravity.
thaumasiotes 6y ago
> we would see it go in a parabola like the ball? That is a valid path for the light to follow, hypothetically. But if that's what the light was doing, you wouldn't see it. You can only see things when light enters your eyes.