Arrow keys orbit. Plus and minus fly closer and further.

Accretion diskGas spiralling in, hotter than the Sun’s core. The inner edge laps the outer.
Photon ringLight caught circling the hole before it slips free.
Event horizonPast this edge, nothing gets back out, not even light.
The centreThe tiny dot we still can’t see inside.

Rose Black Hole

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