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To: SunkenCiv
Thansk for the APOD, SC

Objects in your mirrors are closer than they appear.

As an aside on my bathroom mirror is a small sticker that reads...

"Objects in the mirror may look older than they are"

Regards

alfa6 ;>}

11 posted on 05/28/2011 11:25:19 AM PDT by alfa6
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To: alfa6
"Objects in the mirror may look older than they are"

Considering the fact that light isn't instantaneous, objects in the mirror look a nanosecond younger than they really are.
12 posted on 05/28/2011 11:35:15 AM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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