How to see 2 million years into the past.

[dkamm65]

I know we could never possibly get a mirror big enough and that far away, but this is still a mind-bogglingly cool concept.

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[Riot]

 I understand it.

[Bisjac]

yeah but we could only look at the "past" as we had already experienced it.
:( not like good ol time travel.

[Raeyok]

Intriguing. At first I thought, "This guy is insane." Then I realized just what I was looking at. What's even more amazing is that this would actually work, if it were possible.

[Riot]

 Only people in the future can see us if we built it now. And if you want to go to the future then you must travel faster than light.

[Sandvich]

Kinda like how we see planets far away, we aren't seeingthem current, but reverse'd torwards us? :o

[snot2]

my jelly beans taste like paper

[Riot]

Kinda like how we see planets far away, we aren't seeingthem current, but reverse'd torwards us? :o

 Plus time is bent around gravitational pull. If you went passed the sun at light speed, and you forgot about the gravity concept then you would make it to Earth over the amount you expected it would take you.

[Hazard]

I don't understand it. Can someone please explain it to me?

[Bisjac]

it would take 2 years for an image of us to travel 1m light years and return from a mirror

[dkamm65]

I don't understand it. Can someone please explain it to me?

It takes light 1 million years to reach the mirror, and another 1 million to come back, so by the time our reflection reaches the mirror and back, 2 million years will have passed.

[Hazard]

it would take 2 years for an image of us to travel 1m light years and return from a mirror

I understand!   Thanks Bisjac! I didn't think about the time it would take to hit the mirror and back.

[Valen]

My dad told me about this like two years ago :D

[Bisjac]

lol did i say 2 years?

[dkamm65]

My dad told me about this like two years ago :D

Hurry! Get a mirror 2 light years away so we can see it!