Summary

DescriptionSpeed of light from Earth to Moon.gif	English: Scale model of the Earth and the Moon, with a beam of light traveling between them at the speed of light. It takes approximately 1.26 seconds. Español: Modelo a escala de la Tierra y la Luna, con un rayo de luz viajando entre ellas a la velocidad de la luz. Le lleva aproximadamente 1.26 segundos. Galego: Modelo a escala da Terra e a Lúa, con un raio de luz viaxando entre elas á velocidade da luz. Lévalle aproximadamente 1.26 segundos. Українська: Масштабна модель Землі та Місяця і відстані між ними з пучком світла, що рухається зі швидкістю світла. Це займає приблизно 1,26 секунди.
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Assessment

This file was selected as the media of the day for 01 March 2014. It was captioned as follows: English: Scale model of the Earth and the Moon, with a beam of light traveling between them at the speed of light. It takes approximately 1.26 seconds. Other languages Čeština: Modelové vyobrazení cesty světelného paprsku mezi Zemí a Měsícem rychlostí světla. Cesta paprsku trvá 1.26 sekundy. English: Scale model of the Earth and the Moon, with a beam of light traveling between them at the speed of light. It takes approximately 1.26 seconds. Українська: Масштабна модель Землі та Місяця і відстані між ними з пучком світла, що рухається зі швидкістю світла. Це займає приблизно 1,26 секунди. 中文（简体）：一束光需要1.26秒完成从地球到月球的一个来回

Performance

If you see the beam taking more than 1.26 seconds to travel from Earth to Moon, then your browser is displaying it too slowly. See talk page for details.

Windows

• IE8: Works in compatibility and regular mode on 2GHz C2D
• Firefox: Normal on AMD Athlon 64 X2 6400+ (3.2GHz) - Firefox 3.6
• Firefox: Normal on Core i7 860 (2.93 GHz) - Firefox 3.5.5
• Safari: Works fine on Safari 4.0.2 (Tested: Safari for Windows 4.0.2 Build 530.19.1)
• Chrome: Normal on 2 GHz Intel Core Duo and 3 GHz Pentium 4
• Opera: 10.20 - Normal even on Intel Atom

Mac

• Firefox: Normal on 2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
• Safari: Normal on 2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
• OmniWeb: ??
• Opera: Normal on 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
• Chrome: Normal on 2.2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo

Linux

• Firefox: Normal on 2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo - Firefox 3.5.5
• Konqueror: Slow (nearly 3 seconds) on 2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo - Konqueror 4.3.2
• Chrome: Normal on 2 GHz AMD Turion TL-60 - Chrome 4.0.249.43