The majority of BACKLIGHT images are produced in "slow light scenarios" similar to Gamow's classic "Mr Tompkins in Wonderland" - where the speed of light is reduced to a crawl. In our case, we adopt a velocity of 5ms^-1.

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A flickering streetlight allows us to see the effects of time-delayed sight

A motionless tram

The same tram, moving at 0.866c (4.3 ms^-1)

The same scene, but with the central portion altered to to remove colour/intensity changes, so the geometry alteration is more apparent.

More images coming soon.

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