If you were plummeting toward the old market square in Tubingen, Germany,

at 90% the speed of light, this is what you'd see. Lorentz contractions and the

finite travel time of light produce a hyperbolic distortion that tilts the buildings

outward. The image is part of an interactive computer simulation that is joining

exhibitions around the world about Albert Einstein. (Image courtesy of

Marc Borchers, Tubingen University, and the Max Planck Institute for Biological

Cybernetics, Tubingen.)