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| Re: Wait A Minute.
Forum List | Follow Ups | Post Message | Back to Thread Topics | In Response To Posted by Jim on December 20, 2000 21:08:56 UTC |
We always see into the past. The speed of light is finite and there doesn't seem to be anyway around that. You see the moon how it was about a second ago (it take light reflecting off the moon about a second to reach your eyes)...the sun about 8 minutes ago....the Andromeda Galaxy about 2 million years ago. |
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