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Nov 30, 2014 at 21:15 vote accept Sam
Nov 29, 2014 at 20:05 history edited Lexible CC BY-SA 3.0
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Nov 29, 2014 at 19:50 comment added Lexible @Hypnosifl That is actually a really good point that I neglected: the halo is also an image of the accretion disk. Gonna update my answer.
Nov 29, 2014 at 15:06 comment added Lightness Races in Orbit @Lexible: Was just adding :)
Nov 29, 2014 at 4:09 comment added Hypnosifl Just to add to this, the glowing Saturn-like ring is meant to be the black hole's accretion disk, and as Lexible says, gravitational lensing makes the part of the ring on the opposite side as the viewer look like a "halo" rather than being obscured by the event horizon (the black circle).
Nov 29, 2014 at 3:40 comment added Lexible @LightnessRacesinOrbit I am trying not gush over that... I really enjoyed the visuals in this film.
Nov 28, 2014 at 23:31 comment added Lightness Races in Orbit I loved how they depicted the black hole reasonably accurately, at least in terms of the visuals.
Nov 28, 2014 at 22:11 history edited Lexible CC BY-SA 3.0
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Nov 28, 2014 at 21:59 history edited Lexible CC BY-SA 3.0
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Nov 28, 2014 at 21:43 history answered Lexible CC BY-SA 3.0