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Originally posted by synic213
Has any one ever done an experiment were two identical, extrememly accurate watches were created and placed a two spots on the Earth, one at sea level and one on the top of Mt. Everest, and time at the tip of Mt. Everest was proven to "move" more slowly? Or is this difference in time just too small to measure with modern technology? It seems like spatially, a person standing on Mt. Everest has travelled a greater distance (due to the Earth's rotation) in a the same amount of time as a person standing at sea level, but the point is, the same increment of time has passed.
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Yes and no. The time dilation is so negligible at this small scale that it's not easily perceived, but it is measureable, and experiments have been conducted that demonstrate this.
I wish I could come up with a more intuitive explanation of this aspect of relativity off the top of my head, but, unfortunately, I can't. I'll work on it, though, so check this thread in the next few days, and I'll see what I can come up with.
Edit: You got me thinking, so ended up finding another way to explain it. Check out the next post.