This is a crazy optical illusion. The graphic is not actually moving.
Tuesday, May 31, 2005
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- Name: Levi Nunnink
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That is the wierdest thing. What makes that happen? Tell me my wise husband.
My lovely wife: I don't have the slightest idea why that happens. I just saw this link on another website and was impressed.
If you focus on just one almond around the center they all stop moving. That must have something to do with something.
If you let your eyes do that thing when they glaze over and lose focus, everything stops swimming.
My brain hurts.
I like your scientific observation of the illusion Roz. Something to do with something. I knew exactly what you are talking about. Not to be rude, I just thought it was cute. Really clears things up for me. Thanks
Hi, I stumbled upon your blog and I hope I'm not squatting by posting a comment.
One possible explanation is irradiation: the spreading of light from a lighter area into an adjacent darker one. There is as yet no satisfactory explanation for the mechanisms behind irradiation and it remains a somewhat vague idea.
Even so, I think this is what's happening with the almonds. Here's why: when a regular white square is bordered by four plain black squares, the shape of the former will appear undistorted, though it may appear larger in size. But when a white square is adjacent to a black square containing a small white square near the border with it, irradiation from the small bit of white cancels out part of the large bit of white, but not all of it. I was reminded of this by the white slivers on the almonds - I think they contribute to the irradiation that makes it look as though everything's moving.
I've never blabbed on for this long on a stranger's blog before. My apologies!
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