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Can you catch light in a pot?
June 1, 2016 at 11:16 am
I know I know.
The reason you can't catch light in a pot is because the light inside the pot gets reflected off of the inner surfaces and gradually losses it's brightness.
But imagine the pot is made up of vacuum. There is nothing for the light to get reflected off of and lose energy,right? So does the light stay as it is? Like you put some light inside our pot made of vacuum and close it off. The pot should "contain" light forever, right?
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RE: Can you catch light in a pot?
June 1, 2016 at 11:19 am
(June 1, 2016 at 11:16 am)pool the great Wrote: I know I know.
The reason you can't catch light in a pot is because the light inside the pot gets reflected off of the inner surfaces and gradually losses it's brightness.
But imagine the pot is made up of vacuum. There is nothing for the light to get reflected off of and lose energy,right? So does the light stay as it is? Like you put some light inside our pot made of vacuum and close it off. The pot should "contain" light forever, right?
If there is nothing to bounce off then the light would keep going.
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RE: Can you catch light in a pot?
June 1, 2016 at 11:48 am
The light will bounce or be absorbed. Even with perfect reflectors the photons will eventually be absorbed until none were left.
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RE: Can you catch light in a pot?
June 1, 2016 at 12:32 pm
(June 1, 2016 at 12:28 pm)pool the great Wrote: (June 1, 2016 at 11:48 am)IATIA Wrote: The light will bounce or be absorbed. Even with perfect reflectors the photons will eventually be absorbed until none were left.
What can light bounce off of in vacuum though?
OP -> "Can you catch light in a pot?"
The sides of the pot?
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RE: Can you catch light in a pot?
June 1, 2016 at 12:40 pm
So you are saying that you have a pot that contains an infinite vacuum? Then the photon would travel forever.
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RE: Can you catch light in a pot?
June 1, 2016 at 12:44 pm
Pooly, why wouldn't the light simply leave your pot if there's nothing to bounce it back?
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RE: Can you catch light in a pot?
June 1, 2016 at 12:59 pm
Interesting. So the light never goes out. How does it gain the energy to move for an infinite period of time though? Is that beam of light acting as a fuel for... Itself?
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