What they are in fact seeing is the light rays that have not been deflected. Others have been captured, and pulled away from their path toward the Earth. Our statement will elicit argument from astronomers, who will say that if this were the case, then the Earth would be receiving light rays deflected from their path, and a confusing picture of the Universe would be presented, not the steady consistency that they observe. They are of course assuming a constancy in the substance of light, which can be altered as a substance just as any other. Man assumes that light rays are constant only because they have not yet been able to dissect them.
Light rays deflected are in the process of being altered.
In fact, they are being deflected elsewhere around the globe, but are not visible because of the greater traffic in bright light. The Northern or Southern Lights, happening at the equator, are lost in the glare.