I have been wondering what to expect if there was a hole,
from pole to pole, that inside which we could measure the
Einstein red and blue shifts due to gravity. At first, I suspect
a blue-shift as light travels from the surface of the Earth to
the center; just less and less as the center is approached.
But, and here is where I become ashamed even to have
imagined...isn't this the same as light going from large
gravity to smaller gravity? A red-shift in other words, like
a photon leaving a massive body?
All I believe for sure is that a photon would be restored
to its original wavelength if it was measured at the poles.
from pole to pole, that inside which we could measure the
Einstein red and blue shifts due to gravity. At first, I suspect
a blue-shift as light travels from the surface of the Earth to
the center; just less and less as the center is approached.
But, and here is where I become ashamed even to have
imagined...isn't this the same as light going from large
gravity to smaller gravity? A red-shift in other words, like
a photon leaving a massive body?
All I believe for sure is that a photon would be restored
to its original wavelength if it was measured at the poles.
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