Even though I've had ED since release, I've never looked at my ship externally whilst fuel scooping, as every ship I've had so far has started to heat up whilst scooping. The FDL with an A-Class scoop can sit all day over a star, so I thought I'd have a look. 
The fuel scoops didn't look like what I thought they would:
[video=youtube;lMlBF1wQ4LE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMlBF1wQ4LE[/video]
The fuel scoops didn't look like what I thought they would:
[video=youtube;lMlBF1wQ4LE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMlBF1wQ4LE[/video]