• Question: so if i look behind me and its the past.....does that mean if i look infront of me its the future?

    Asked by isabelle to Anouk, Chris, Judith, Leisha, Seyyed on 18 Jun 2012.
    • Photo: Judith Sleeman

      Judith Sleeman answered on 18 Jun 2012:

      I’m afraid not, isabelle! It’s not the direction we look in that makes the difference, but the distance. If you look far enough off into space, then the light has taken a long time to get to you, so you are looking at the past. Light is very fast, though, even when it’s not in a vacuum, so in every day life you pretty much see things as they are happening.

      @allie1999: isabelle was referring back to a question by @lilygrainger: /genesj12-zone/2012/06/13/when-looking-at-distant-objects-are-we-looking-at-the-past/
      At least, I hope she was, otherwise I’ve been talking nonsense!

    • Photo: Chris Kettle

      Chris Kettle answered on 19 Jun 2012:

      No quite – you can “look forward” to a furture event though.

      I too commented on that past that Judith has linked above – technically everything we look at is from the past!

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