Intellectually Curious

Seeing Relativity: The Terrell–Penrose Effect Explained


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Why a near-light-speed sphere isn’t visually squashed. We trace the Terrell–Penrose illusion—from Lampa’s early intuition to Penrose and Terrell’s geometry—and highlight a 2025 lab demonstration that uses ultra-fast imaging to recreate relativistic visuals, showing how light-travel time reshapes what you see in special relativity.


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Intellectually CuriousBy Mike Breault