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is it possible to take a picture of light
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the instant it starts to expand from a source, and see the light like reaching to fill up a room or something?
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idk, i dont think so

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Thats actually a genuinely interesting inquiry....

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I doubt it

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i dont think so

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no cos if you have a flash itll all be lit up and if you dont there wont be any light for the picture to be captured with

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yes, with incredibly expensive cameras, go beg nasa

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I think it would have to be fast.
Eventually...it probably could be done though.
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Quote: from Hontoshimu at 8:04 pm on July 2, 2009
no cos if you have a flash itll all be lit up and if you dont there wont be any light for the picture to be captured with
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I guess i should have used the intellectual forum.

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My gut reaction is no.

I have only vague notions of how light works, but it strikes me that cameras don't work in a way conducive to such a photograph.

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Quote: from TheEverChanging at 8:05 pm on July 2, 2009
My gut reaction is no.

I have only vague notions of how light works, but it strikes me that cameras don't work in a way conducive to such a photograph.

well cameras capture light reflected from objects and use this light to dye the film, but for it to work the camera's shutter would probably have to be opening and closing at the speed of light and it would also have to be taken at such a precise moment that i find it highly improbable but any real picture of what I described would probably be the coolest thing ever
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try it

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try

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It's strictly impossible for a number of reasons.  Photography (digital and otherwise, as well as animals' eyes) works based on the fact that some materials (e.g. film) respond to light in certain ways.  Unless light actually reaches the film/retina/whatever, no image will be stored.  Thus, seeing light "spreading" would make no sense, because the "seeing" itself is defined in terms of the light reaching the camera.  The theoretical picture would be completely black until the light actually hit the lens.

Also, the only time you can see a "beam" of light is when it is reflected off of some other scattering material (water vapor, dust, etc.)  The light scatters in random directions (effectively all directions) starting from the actual "straight" path of the "beam," and of the portion that is scattered (versus that which continues in a roughly straight or conical path) an even smaller portion reaches your eye allowing you to see the "beam."

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that's basically what I was thinking. since the light reaching the camera and reaching its destination are both traveling at the same speed then neither can beat each other. maybe if it was such a large area that the light
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