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Fig. 1

Shadow of a black hole. The radius of the shadow is the minimum impact parameter of a light ray escaping the black hole, so the shadow is a disk representing the black hole as seen by the observer. The circular orbit lies on the so-called photon sphere. The black circle represents the horizon.
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