The animation, (0.5 MB), shows an accretion disc around a
rotating black hole as seen by a distant observer.
The observer's position is moved
around the two poles. Note how the asymmetrical
distortion of the image switches
to the other side, depending on the relative
direction of the rotation of the black hole
to the line-of-sight of the observer.
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