trying to understand photons?

Question

we know that photons from the sun take 8 minutes to reach our eyes, so we are seeing an image of the sun as it was 8 minutes ago. so does this happen when we look at eachother? the photons bounce off the object (person) then travel to my eyes, so am i seeing the image of the person copied onto the photons? that then travel (very fast) to my eyes. lets say this person was the same distance away from me as the sun and they performed an action, 8 mins later i see this action. lets say the person performs an action , the photons bounce off and start travelling towards my eyes, now lets slow them down to a complete stand still,when they got half way. what would the image look like? the person would have walked off to continue with what ever he was doing. and infront of me is a frozen image of the person?

Answer 1

Photons can be absorbed or emitted but they can't be suspended / frozen in time.

Hypothetically. Without the photons in motion you could see nothing, they must travel from a source to your eye in order to be decoded by your brain.

If no one could see, would the image still exist? Mmm look at quantum, holographic and telepathic versions. Telepathic would probably be your best hope of a suspended image.

All the best.

Answer 2

If the photons stopped half way they would never reach your eyes so you would never see the person doing anything ...



... instead you would see a 'black hole' (no photons = no light)

Answer 3

If you slow the photons down to a standstill they won't ever reach you so you will not see them.