Sunday, October 26, 2014

APOD 2.1

APOD 2.1
                  Too Close to a Black Hole
This image portrays a computer generated version of what a black hole may look like. The picture highlights how strange the image would come out, light bending around the strong gravity of the black hole (which causes the visual distortion). The image was taken from the 2MASS infrared sky survey and light from every direction is seen here, being bent and sent back to the viewer. Black holes are known as one of the densest states of matter.
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