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Old 03-05-2006
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Ok, Dragon Star I have a question, but I think it is a kind of difficult one.

I was reading an interesting article on Black Holes the other day. There was a part I did not quite understand though. I was reading a part about what it would be like if a person could orbit a Black Hole. There was a a part that said:
Black Holes warp space so much that if you could orbit a Black Hole close to the event horizon, you could see the back of your own head...light reflecting from the back of your head would get bent around the Black Hole so that you can see it.


I don't quite understand why?
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