Apologies, some of the links in post 371 do not seem to be working....
Let's try again with the info.....
http://hubblesite.org/explore_astronomy/black_holes/encyc_mod3_q15.html
where it says.....
What happens when I drop a clock into a black hole?
According to Einstein's theory of general relativity, massive objects create distortions in space and time. Near a black hole, these distortions become so strong that time behaves in unexpected ways.
Imagine that we are on a spaceship near a black hole. We drop a clock into the black hole and compare its time to that of our onboard clock. The falling clock runs progressively slower. It never crosses the event horizon, but stays frozen there in space and time. The falling clock also becomes continuously redder, since its light loses energy as it escapes from the black hole's vicinity.
By contrast, if we were falling with the clock, time would appear to behave perfectly normally. We would see no slowdown as we approached the event horizon. We would cross the horizon without any perceptible change, and our color would not appear to change. This is the principle of relativity: things can appear different depending on whether you are moving or standing still.
at...
http://cosmology.berkeley.edu/Education/BHfaq.html#q3
it says....
What do you see as you are falling in? Surprisingly, you don't necessarily see anything particularly interesting
My friend Penelope is sitting still at a safe distance, watching me fall into the black hole. What does she see?
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Penelope sees things quite differently from you. As you get closer and closer to the horizon, she sees you move more and more slowly. In fact, no matter how long she waits, she will never quite see you reach the horizon.
at .......
http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/Relativity/BlackHoles/fall_in.html
it says.....
The time I experience before I hit the event horizon, and even until I hit the singularity—the "proper time" calculated by using Schwarzschild's metric on my worldline—is finite.
So if you, watching from a safe distance, attempt to witness my fall into the hole, you'll see me fall more and more slowly as the light delay increases. You'll never see me actually get to the event horizon. My watch, to you, will tick more and more slowly, but will never reach the time that I see as I fall into the black hole.
Again, apologies if that never came up the first time.
