In theory, is a time machine that takes pictures from the past possible?

superben100

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I guess if anything out of the topic section's desc inspired me, it would be books about time travel. The idea of time travel has always fascinated me, and I wonder if any of you guys agree with me on my theory. Please, enjoy.

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If transporters existed, would it be possible to immediately send a specifically programmed super-light-year-zooming camera out a few light years (programmed to a certain point away from our galaxy), and have the programming in it take a picture aimed directly at a specific part of Earth? I think that this may be able to take a picture of an ancient moment in history. For example, we may be able to prove the details of the Trojan War.

Trojan War mock-up.

Then, after the picture is taken, it transports the camera back to Earth so that the picture can be seen.
Think about how this might work:
1. The camera is instantly transported light years away from Earth.
2. It takes a zoom-in pic from the light rays bouncing back to it (those rays that are being transported to the camera are old).
3. The camera gets transported back home.
4. People can see the old picture.

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If anybody else agrees with me, then please let me know. If anybody also knows a better topic section, then let me know about this to.

Last edited by superben100 (Aug. 25, 2016 23:46:13)

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Iditaroid

That is an interesting concept! I'm not so sure about transporters, but if you could get some kinda wormhole thing going the results could be pretty incredible

PrincessPanda_test_

Time travel is very interesting. There are several Sonic games which involve time travel, including Sonic '06 and Generations.

A camera that would take a photo in a past time period would be cool.

superben100

Iditaroid wrote:
That is an interesting concept! I'm not so sure about transporters, but if you could get some kinda wormhole thing going the results could be pretty incredible

Perhaps you're on to something with the wormholes. But that's also assuming that they exist, and they might be a little bit unstable. Just jumping around from the present to a random time in the past…

Last edited by superben100 (Aug. 26, 2016 01:15:56)

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superben100

Maybe with this invention, non-exploded Pompeii could be on Google Street View.

Last edited by superben100 (Aug. 26, 2016 01:19:30)

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Assuming that these exist, it could be kicked up a notch be using a zooming 3D scanner instead of a camera. Then, you could use holodecks to re-create the environments so that you can walk around in them.

Last edited by superben100 (Aug. 26, 2016 01:36:39)

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Firedrake969

So the main problem would be transporting information faster than light, since with current technology we can see about 13.6 billion years into the past!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faster-than-light

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superben100

Firedrake969 wrote:
So the main problem would be transporting information faster than light, since with current technology we can see about 13.6 billion years into the past!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faster-than-light

We can see the Earth that long ago?

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Firedrake969

superben100 wrote:
Firedrake969 wrote:
So the main problem would be transporting information faster than light, since with current technology we can see about 13.6 billion years into the past!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faster-than-light
We can see the Earth that long ago?

No, but the edge of our observable universe is ~13.6 billion light years away

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superben100

Firedrake969 wrote:
superben100 wrote:
Firedrake969 wrote:
So the main problem would be transporting information faster than light, since with current technology we can see about 13.6 billion years into the past!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faster-than-light
We can see the Earth that long ago?
No, but the edge of our observable universe is ~13.6 billion light years away

Oh. But I mean immediately transporting far away, and then taking far-zoomed-in pics of the Earth's surface. Perhaps by bending a wormhole from one place to another (if that's possible).

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Pturretdactyl

superben100 wrote:
Iditaroid wrote:
That is an interesting concept! I'm not so sure about transporters, but if you could get some kinda wormhole thing going the results could be pretty incredible
Perhaps you're on to something with the wormholes. But that's also assuming that they exist, and they might be a little bit unstable. Just jumping around from the present to a random time in the past…

Space bridges. Hasbro already solved this problem.

Last edited by Pturretdactyl (Aug. 26, 2016 02:58:05)

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superben100

Pturretdactyl wrote:
superben100 wrote:
Iditaroid wrote:
That is an interesting concept! I'm not so sure about transporters, but if you could get some kinda wormhole thing going the results could be pretty incredible
Perhaps you're on to something with the wormholes. But that's also assuming that they exist, and they might be a little bit unstable. Just jumping around from the present to a random time in the past…
Space bridges. Hasbro already solved this problem.

But that's fiction…

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superben100

I wonder if it's possible to bend a wormhole.

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therealpsy

PrincessPanda_test_ wrote:
Time travel is very interesting. There are several Sonic games which involve time travel, including Sonic '06 and Generations.

A camera that would take a photo in a past time period would be cool.

of COURSE you had to put sonic here

dve and john from homestuck can time travel in one way or another

Pturretdactyl

superben100 wrote:
Pturretdactyl wrote:
superben100 wrote:
Iditaroid wrote:
That is an interesting concept! I'm not so sure about transporters, but if you could get some kinda wormhole thing going the results could be pretty incredible
Perhaps you're on to something with the wormholes. But that's also assuming that they exist, and they might be a little bit unstable. Just jumping around from the present to a random time in the past…
Space bridges. Hasbro already solved this problem.
But that's fiction…

SCIENCE fiction.

therealpsy wrote:
PrincessPanda_test_ wrote:
Time travel is very interesting. There are several Sonic games which involve time travel, including Sonic '06 and Generations.

A camera that would take a photo in a past time period would be cool.
of COURSE you had to put sonic here

dve and john from homestuck can time travel in one way or another

Frisk time travels.

Gentlemen! You can't fight here! This is the War Room!

Pturretdactyl

I see space bridges as man-made/controlled wormholes.

So maybe Hasbro was onto something.

Gentlemen! You can't fight here! This is the War Room!

PrincessPanda_test_

Pturretdactyl wrote:
superben100 wrote:
Pturretdactyl wrote:
superben100 wrote:
Iditaroid wrote:
That is an interesting concept! I'm not so sure about transporters, but if you could get some kinda wormhole thing going the results could be pretty incredible
Perhaps you're on to something with the wormholes. But that's also assuming that they exist, and they might be a little bit unstable. Just jumping around from the present to a random time in the past…
Space bridges. Hasbro already solved this problem.
But that's fiction…
SCIENCE fiction.
therealpsy wrote:
PrincessPanda_test_ wrote:
Time travel is very interesting. There are several Sonic games which involve time travel, including Sonic '06 and Generations.

A camera that would take a photo in a past time period would be cool.
of COURSE you had to put sonic here

dve and john from homestuck can time travel in one way or another
Frisk time travels.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_travel_in_fiction

superben100

To prevent necroposting, I will now close this topic.

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