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Spinning Silhouette

Which way do you see the figure spinning?

  • Clockwise

    Votes: 6 54.5%
  • Counterclockwise (Anticlockwise)

    Votes: 5 45.5%

  • Total voters
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This is an interesting optical illusion.

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For me it’s clockwise. However, with effort I can see it counterclockwise.

I love these brain games.
 

tch

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Both. Interesting in that at first I could ONLY see counter-clockwise. I blinked and looked away and it magically turned clockwise. it doesn't reverse if I simply close my eyes; it's something about averting my eyes for a moment and looking at something else.
 

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That's similar to the rotating mask illusion:


And if you like optical illusions in general, that site is great... tons of them with explanations and a lot with changes/tweaks you can make:

 

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Only left (counter-clockwise) [Anti-clockwise] Never to the right.

Then my mind began to wander and I imagined her with her clothes off ........
 

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And FYI, I saw it counter-CW at first, and had trouble seeing it the other way.... came back to the page a few mins later and saw it as CW.
 

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I wonder which way she twirls south of the equator? Coriolis and all.....
 

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Both, at first. Changed when I blinked and now can only see CW.
 

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Hold on lemme flush my toilet...

I remember as a child, I would use a singer to twirl the swirl of water in the opposite direction as it would go down the tube drain.

The vortex would establish in the "wrong" direction, then stall, and reform in the customary orientation.
MAGIC ! I was sure it was Magic.

It is, isn't it? ;-) I mean ...water... down the drain... How can it know?......
 

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Just thought I'd drop this here.
I must really high I just watched the entire video. I was thinking about getting my gear out of the jeep to try it. Once again high so I just had the motivation post this and almost didnt do that.
 

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@LF, interesting you would post this! I just saw this very dance last night as part of the MOMIX 40th year celebration. What a brain Moses P. has!
 

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