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.

 

 

A colorful relativity problem.