Paradox68 t1_j27y027 wrote on December 30, 2022 at 7:51 AM

If you’ve crossed the event horizon, presuming you’re not already dead from the immense pressure, wouldn’t you only be able to see photos from behind you? I.e. everything from every angle your body is not blocking to the event horizon would just be pitch black.

WittyUnwittingly OP t1_j27ykc7 wrote on December 30, 2022 at 7:59 AM

Yes, but it kinda seems like you would be able to see all of the photons "behind" you that will ever hit the event horizon after you've been there.

I.e. Immediately after crossing the event horizon, you'd be able to witness the end of the outside universe. However, the relationship between you and all of the rest of the stuff once it crosses the event horizon too, is what I'm finding tricky to define.

Thinking about it like this, it would seem that if you managed to cross the event horizon, from your perspective, everything else will now be inside the black hole with you, with only a difference in one-dimensional space quantifying your "times of entry."

The harder I think about it, the less clear the answer becomes.

WorstMedivhKR t1_j2aqomj wrote on December 30, 2022 at 9:42 PM

No, you can see ahead of you everything that fell in before you, because it's all time dilated and "frozen" as it approaches the singularity.

DanishWeddingCookie t1_j28k5zt wrote on December 30, 2022 at 12:38 PM

Once you pass the event horizon doesn’t time stop? And wouldn’t that mean all brain function stop as well, such that even if you could see things your brain couldn’t interpret it?

WorstMedivhKR t1_j2aql5g wrote on December 30, 2022 at 9:41 PM

No, time does not stop on crossing the event horizon. The view of the external universe above actually speeds up.