The Speed of Light
… is 186,000 miles per second
… is 11,160,000 miles per minute
… is 669,600,000 miles per hour
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Not to mention 300,000 kilometers per second and there is no period of acceleration. The photon goes from still to lightspeed instantly. At this speed it still takes 4.2 YEARS to get to the star closest to us (Proxima Centauri). And almost 9 minutes for light to get from our sun to the Earth.