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From: "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: What is a photon
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2025 13:25:14 -0700
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On 6/11/2025 7:26 PM, Bertitaylor wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Jun 2025 20:51:15 +0000, Chris M. Thomasson wrote:
> 
>> On 6/11/2025 12:09 PM, Chris M. Thomasson wrote:
>>> There are masses out there in space, Earth is just one of them. Big
>>> ones, say a cluster of galaxies, a large star, ect... A single photon
>>> riding the rails on its field line, can twist and turn and maybe come
>>> out on the "other side" depending on its line's specific properties.
> 
> A single photon will radiate omnidirectionally, spread out in all 3
> dimensions towards infinity. At some stage it will be part of noise or
> CBR constant Background Radiation.
> 
> WOOF woof woof-woof woof
> 
>>> Some photons can angle in and start to orbit a black hole for a while,
>>> and/or eventually crash into its even horizon. Fair enough? Some photons
>>> might orbit for a while then get ejected, not doomed... :^)
>>
>> How about a continuous gravitational field is an infinite gravitational
>> field with infinite paths for a newly created photon to follow?
>>
>> Any better?
> 
> -- 

The riders! lol. An older experiment of mine:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRkKZj9s3wk