Imagine you're in a crowded mall and suddenly The Rock shows up and he's signing autographs and taking selfies with anyone who asks. You're at the edge of the crowd trying to take a video but people are just neck-and-neck crowding with each other and it's impossible for you to see him. You can pan the camera around and see the rest of the mall fine, but the closer you get to The Rock the more people are in the way. That's what taking a picture of the center of our galaxy is like, and the dark stuff in this image is all the crap that's blocking our shot.
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Imagine you're in a crowded mall and suddenly The Rock shows up and he's signing autographs and taking selfies with anyone who asks. You're at the edge of the crowd trying to take a video but people are just neck-and-neck crowding with each other and it's impossible for you to see him. You can pan the camera around and see the rest of the mall fine, but the closer you get to The Rock the more people are in the way. That's what taking a picture of the center of our galaxy is like, and the dark stuff in this image is all the crap that's blocking our shot.