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black hole lens

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-eight years and a million words

Tokyo, 2008.01.13

My friend, who's recently bought not one but two cameras, suggested today that a very small black hole should be use as a lens for photography. The idea being that it would gather all of the light without any diffraction or internal loss.

I'm supposed to be a sci-fi writer, and I don't come up with anything that good....

rand()m quote

Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.

—Voltaire