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		lsllc on May 20, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Physicists identify the engine powering black hole... The spiral picture appears to actually be a "photo" of a black hole, from this article linked in the OP: https://eventhorizontelescope.org/blog/astronomers-image-mag...

wumpus on May 20, 2021 [–]

The spiral is an overlay telling you which way the magnetic fields point.

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