CameronFriday

Ah. So you're saying the photon would not lose velocity, but instead constantly lose energy in different ways like reduced wavelength etc. until it either escaped the black hole at a lower energy level or was depleted, being absorbed into the black hole completely?

The photon is moving towards the black hole, and hits an object which is also moving towards the black hole. This object will be going slower than the photon, of course, because nothing can reach the speed of light. The photon hits the object just before it enters the event horizon so that it reflects directly opposite the pull of the black hole.

Keeping it short and simple, If light is traveling (at the speed of light of course) in the exact opposite direction to the pull of a black hole, will it not HAVE to slow down? Light is effected by the gravitational pull of black holes, and usually spirals into them, but if a photon is traveling in -exactly- the opposite direction to the pull of the black hole, then it will have only one way to accelerate: backwards. It seems to me that physicists are always saying light can't slow down in a constant medium...but if light didn't slow down here what would happen? I can't see another possible solution. Please reply with your thoughts, I have tried talking with person after person about this, but no one seems to care or understand. If I'm wrong I want to be SHOWN why I'm wrong, I'd love that! It's just that no one has ever given me an answer to this and it's driving me nuts!