Tuesday, July 12, 2005
Looking Where No Man Has Loooked Before
Wouldn't it be cool to stand toe-to-toe with a black hole, to stare it in the eye and finally see what one looks like?NO - I think it would be extraordinarily painful as incredible gravitational forces ripped me apart, likely on the atomic scale. But otherwise, it would be cool. So some guys tried to figure out how to model it on a computer and avoid those gravitational forces.
There are some pictures on the link of what Jupiter would like if there was a black hole between you and it. They are not nearly as dramatic as one might hope. Certainly not worth atomic scale deconstruction.
