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June 24, 2007 by Vurdlak  

This animation was on my laptop for quite some time. I had it for almost a year. Today anonymous user submitted me this gif version, and when I opened it, only then I realized how great this illusion actually is. If you look at the spinning girl’s silhouette below, you will think it is spinning clockwise, probably. When you check her shadow below, momentarily the spinning direction changes in your mind, and now the girl is spinning counter-clockwise. It can be quite hard at the beginning to notice switch of the spinning direction, but eventually you’ll manage. I posted more simple illusion of this kind while ago, and you can see it here. Now, be honest - how long did it take you to see it spin in both directions? Not as easy as the hidden tiger, ayeh? I lost the link to the original artist, but best I could come up with is the place I found it on.

Spinning Sihouette Optical Illusion

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  1. bonmts

    If you cover up everything but the feet it sort of looks like she’s just oscillating back and forth (instead of spinning).

    I can’t believe people don’t think this is a “real” illusion. The skips in animation are annoying (I have too many windows open), but that’s not when she changes direction.

  2. This one didn’t work for me. I just saw the woman spin counterclockwise from the start. In fact, I can’t make myself see the opposite. I guess I’m just wired differently.

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