No Gravitational Lensing in Vacuum Space a fraction of a Solar Radius above Solar Rim

Significant findings show that one of the most misunderstood of all observed astrophysical phenomena is that of gravitational lensing. The Mathematical Physics of Gauss' law of gravity, the analogy of the Gauss' law of charges is directly applicable to the gravitational light bending at the sun. Astrophysical observations are consistent with an indirect interaction involving a plasma medium, not a direct interaction in the empty vacuum space above the rim. A century of observations reveal that gravitational light bending effects have been noted to occur predominantly at the thin plasma rim of the sun, not in the vacuum space a fraction of a solar radius above the rim. Light bending as predicted by General Relativity should be an easily detectable at analytical Gaussian spherical surfaces of various radii; at 2R, 3R, 4R and 5R respectively, where R is the radius of the sun. The observational evidence is clearly inconsistent with the light bending rule of General Relativity since this vacuum space and the solar plasma rim are exposed to virtually the same field.