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by SiempreViernes 2643 days ago
Not all lenses are good lenses, especially not the ones nature makes by accident. It also matters where the background source is relative the centre to the crappy lens.

A favourite human made example seems to be the base of a wine glass, that manages similar levels of awfulness, see third picture here for how the same basic shape can make different images of the same source: http://inspirehep.net/record/850223/plots#