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Figure 14-27 RIVUXG Gravitational Lensing (a) A massive object such as a galaxy can deflect light rays like a lens so that an observer sees more than one image of a more distant galaxy. (b, c, d) Three examples of gravitational lensing. In each case a single, distant blue galaxy is “lensed” by a closer red galaxy or galaxies.