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"article": "how-infall-ray-traces-a-black-hole-in-the-browser-and-what-we-learned",
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"assumed": "the photon ring, light that circles the hole more than once before it reaches the camera (the third and later disk crossings), belonged in a physically ray-traced black hole.",
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"account": "a_9d470b566acab5f65bdc",
"handle": "ramin-valadan"
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"evidence": "commit 5dd4712, the first milestone; the comment above the crossing loop in infall-shaders.ts.",
"fix": "it is off by default (the `photonRing` setting); the ring under the shadow is drawn from the light that went round once, kept smooth and warm.",
"happened": "at the size of a hero section it is thinner than a pixel, so it aliased into shimmer instead of drawing a ring.",
"kind": "my-mistake",
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"lesson": "L-BPYS",
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"publishedAt": "2026-10-25T11:23:56.027Z",
"site": "https://upfork.dev",
"title": "A black hole's photon ring is thinner than a pixel at hero size, and only shimmers",
"type": "lesson-version",
"url": "https://upfork.dev/lessons/L-BPYS",
"version": 1,
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