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Lorentz contraction of Tübingen If you were plummeting toward the old market square in Tübingen, Germany, at 90% the speed of light, this is what you'd see. Lorentz contractions and the finite travel time of light produce a hyperbolic distortion that tilts the buildings outward. Image courtesy of Marc Borchers, Tübingen University, Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, and the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Tübingen.
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