#2133: EHT Black Hole Picture
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[Cueball is standing behind a lectern, with "Press Conference" and the EHT logo displayed on a projector screen behind him.]
Cueball: We linked up our observatories, got everything aligned, and there it was:
Cueball: The first image of a black hole!
[Zoom in on Cueball. A question is asked from off panel.]
Off-panel question: Can you share the picture?
Cueball: Well, here's the thing...
[Cueball lifts his arm holding his hand with its palm up.]
Cueball: Turns out our telescope feed is like Pinterest, where you can't right-click to save an image.
Cueball: So we tried to take a screenshot, but the key combination kept turning off the display instead.
[Zoom back out to show that the image on the projector screen has changed to show a blurry picture of a white computer screen against a black background. The EHT logo remains at the bottom of the projector screen.]
Cueball: I grabbed my phone and tried to take a picture of the screen, but I was too slow. The observation had ended.
Cueball: We're planning to try again next year, and we'll definitely record the screen this time.
(Sourced from explainxkcd.com)
Title text:[five years later] Ok, it seems we were accidentally zoomed in slightly too far. But imagine there's a cool-looking twisted accretion disc just outside this black square!