Jean-Pierre Luminet's 1979 image of a black hole with a thin accretion disk, redrawn: a dark disc with the far side of the glowing disk bent over the top, the near side below, the approaching left side far brighter, and a thin bright halo hugging the shadow. Drawn as thousands of dots on a faint paper grid.

After Jean-Pierre Luminet, 1979 · double-clickdouble-tap the image for how it was made

Joseph

Joseph

I tinker with technology in my spare time. I poke at hearts professionally. I like books, stories, and YouTube videos of space, science, and physics.

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