Figure: Appearance of a black hole with an accretion disk

By analysing the same effect of the bending of light rays, we can try to guess the appearance of a black hole with an accretion disk.

As shown in this picture, a black hole would appear hat-shaped, because of the bending of light.

Credit: J-A. Marck/J-P. Luminet

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