Does a photon experience time as we perceive it?

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If a photon travelled a billion light years to come to Earth, how do those billion years pass from the photon’s perspective?

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That time passes instantly for the photon. The moment it is emitted, and the moment it is absorbed, are a single moment when considered from the photon’s reference frame. In effect, photons don’t experience time at all.

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