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In recent years, the citizen scientists of Galaxy Zoo have been carrying out their own search, rediscovering known lenses and finding interesting new candidates in the SDSS and HST image archives. They can be followed (and joined!) at the Galaxy Zoo forum. (E, I)

Gravitational lensing can be demonstrated and explored using physical models with equivalent optical properties - the base of a wineglass is an excellent example, as this website shows.