If the speed of light were slower we would see the effects of red/blue shift & length contraction all the time • The distortion of the wheels is due to length contraction • The colors are due to the doppler effect & are rainbow b.c diff parts of the wheel move at diff speedspic.twitter.com/l2Qc4gW1S9
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I would like to suggest then to mention the original references:
R. Penrose, "The Apparent Shape of a Relativistically Moving Sphere", Proc. Camb. Phil. Soc., vol 55 Jul 1958
J. Terrell, "Invisibility of the Lorentz Contraction", Phys. Rev. vol 116 no. 4 pgs 1041–1045 (1959) -
Another useful resource: https://arxiv.org/pdf/0901.0309
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