If light cannot escape a black hole, could light orbit a black hole, and in theory if you could stand in that spot and look in the direction of the orbital path, could you see your back?

Question

The march 1993 cover of Scientific American magazine inspired me for this question when I was a kid.

In: Physics

Answer 1

A very loose definition of “see” here given that we “see” the light that bounces off objects. Given that the photons are in orbit due to such strong gravity, they’re not really going to reflect anyways.

But sure.