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I doubt that is what is happening.. I think a better way of saying it is that some things can transcend their flat rate speed at certain points of acceleration.. However, I bet that even with acceleration building up, the speed of light is so fast, that by the time you can see it hit a certain point, the flat speed of light has already passed that spot. However, the light created at the point of acceleration still takes time to fade away and still emits in pretty much every direction. As such starts to happen, even more light is going to pass that point of reference and even more light is going to intersect, refresh and pass back to the point of origin. Therefore, that light starts to appear to be moving backwards, and it will seem faster because it was already going the speed of light, and then it hit more light that emits in all directions at the same time, which will lengthen the light backward, and make it seem to hit the point of origin faster than the original light could hit the same distance going forward. My bet is that if they measured that pulse of light, its not just faster, but a little longer. Anyway, thats my laymens take on it.

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