Originally Posted By: Bill S.
A change of direction = a change in velocity; light changes velocity without reducing speed, so it (sort of) goes into orbit inside the event horizon. (?)


Well, I guess that is one way of looking at it. Another way is that it is that, since it's wavelength has become infinite, it is smeared all over the surface of the event horizon. The fact is that this is one more of those things that just really don't have any kind of a real analog in the world we can see around us. I doubt if even physicists that work with GR really have a good feel for what is going on, but they do know the math and can understand what is happening.

Bill Gill

C is not the speed of light in a vacuum.
C is the universal speed limit.