YouTube-ийн Airplane Mode суваг гэрлийн хурдаар дэлхийг тойроход шаардагдах хугацаа болон харагдах байдлыг дүрслэн харууллаа.
Гэрэл секундэд ойролцоогоор 299,792 км замыг туулдаг бөгөөд энэ хурдаар дэлхийг бүтэн тойроход ердөө 0.13 секунд зарцуулагдана. Тус симуляцид Нью-Йорк хотоос эхлэн АНУ, Номхон далай, Австрали, Африк болон Атлантын далайг дамжин өнгөрөх аяллыг найман фрэймд багтаан үзүүлжээ. Харьцуулбал, дууны хурдаар (цагт 1,235 км) дэлхийг тойроход 32 цаг шаардагддаг нь гэрлийн хурдтай харьцуулахад туйлын удаан үзүүлэлт юм.
Альберт Эйнштейний харьцангуй онолоор бол масстай аливаа биет гэрлийн хурдаар эсвэл түүнээс илүү хурдтай хөдөлгөх боломжгүй юм. Тиймээс өнөөгийн хөгжүүлж буй хамгийн хурдан гипэрсоник нисэх онгоцууд хүртэл цагт 3,800 орчим миль хурдлах чадвартай нь гэрлийн хурдны дэргэд өчүүхэн бага хэмжээ болж байна. Энэхүү симуляци нь хүний ой тойнд багтамгүй хурдны хэмжүүрийг дүрслэн харуулах зорилготой бүтээл болжээ.
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We’ve all wondered what it would be like to go round the Earth at the speed of light, but one simulation from Airplane Mode has finally given us a glimpse.
A mind-bending video showed exactly how quickly you’d race around the Earth if such a journey were possible.
The result is so fast that it’s almost impossible for the human brain to process.
Even after watching it a few times, it’s hard to believe what you’re seeing.
What would it be like to go around the Earth at the speed of light?
The simulation, created by YouTube channel Airplane Mode, imagined what it would look like to fly just above the Earth’s surface at the speed of light.
To put that into perspective, light travels at around 186,000 miles (299,792km) per second.
That means completing a full lap of the Earth would take just 0.13 seconds.
The video began over New York City before flashing across the US, the Pacific Ocean, Australia, Africa, and back across the Atlantic in what amounted to just eight frames of footage.
It’s a staggering demonstration of just how incredibly fast light really is, making even the quickest aircraft look painfully slow by comparison.
The simulation also compared the journey with traveling at the speed of sound.
While that is still incredibly fast at around 767mph (1,235km/h), circling the globe would take around 32 hours, making it almost comically slow next to light itself.
How close are we to taking this journey in real life?
As incredible as the video is, it’s firmly in the realm of science fiction.
According to Einstein’s theory of special relativity, nothing with mass can travel at or faster than the speed of light, meaning no airplane, spacecraft, or vehicle could ever make the trip shown in the simulation.
Even the fastest hypersonic aircraft concepts are capable of around 3,800mph, which is only a tiny fraction of light speed.
Still, simulations like this help visualize scales that are almost impossible to comprehend.
Watching an entire journey around our planet happen in less time than it takes to blink is a fascinating reminder of just how extraordinary the universe really is.
