"Afghan Girl" by Steve McCurry
Probably all of you saw this picture at some point of your life. Titled the “Afghan Girl”, this photo was named the most recognized photograph in the history of National Geographic. Although girl’s name was not known, her picture appeared on the June 1985 cover of the magazine. The image of her face, with a red scarf draped loosely over her head and with her piercing sea-green eyes staring directly into the camera, became a symbol both of the 1980s Afghan conflict and of the refugee situation worldwide. Gula was known throughout the world simply as the Afghan Girl until she was formally identified in early 2002.
Over time, many variations of Steve McCurry’s original photo appeared. At some point even in optical illusion form, as we see below. All I could find about this illusion, is that people can’t seem to look at it for too long. Apparently you get a headache, or become nervous at best. Maybe this isn’t the true nature of this illusion, but it just didn’t make me hallucinate like some other animations did. Wait few seconds for the animation to load (it’s 1MB big), and share your experience afterward.
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She is the natures mistake creation. Her eyes are really unique and everyone doesnt have capacity to keep watching. Recently another girl in South Afghanistan has been found with even exceptional eyes. her age is 12 but she is said to have most beautiful eyes in the world
Look up ,
that is NOT a damn optical illusion douchebags
its a moving gif image
I dunno if it’d fall into the optical illusion category, but it does appear as though her head is moving.
Mcury..she is not a mistake creation you racist twat…you are the mistake.
Its a GIF animated in 3 frames
Yeah! When I saw my first moving GIF in the 90s, I was excited.
So where is the optical illusion Shit.
I want my time back!
It’s a gif, not an optical illusion.
ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOGIRL!
My eyes sting!
ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOGIRL!
I now see the light, dark lord…compel me to do thy bidding!!!
WHAT DOES IT MEAN IF YOU SEE A DEMON STANDING OVER A POOL OF BLOOD WHEN YOU STARE AT THIS?
anyone else notice the third eye on her forehead? its a pink circle that extends outword. subtle.
Nothing.
Rumor has it the Pentagon shooter was staring at this image for about an hour before he went crazy.
Wao! yea! ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOGIRL!
after I stop watching the illusion effect look at her eyes and there was her cute ayes!
I looked at it for a few seconds, then it turned into Michael Jackson. Talk about blowing my mind.
OMG. Look at her left eye. Concentrate on it. It will seam like she’s geting biger/or closer if you like ;)
Hmmmmmmm!…must…drink…beeeeeeer!!!
she looks like Madonna
This IS NOT an illusion!!
Duhh…
It is an animated GIF file!
Thanx but no thanx.
this is retarded.. all i saw was circles moving around in her face.. stared for 20 min as i thought i would see anything.. all that happend was more circles.. bullshit HOW THE HELL can you get insane by this shat?
The only thing i see is what “Smile” said he saw: some moving circles creating some “deepness” into and out of each eye like a stone into a pond creating tiny waves. I’m not sure of what should happen coz i jumped to img without reading the text. Against most comments I liked the effect thi i’m tired of the girl image already over the years.. Cheerios everyone.
The only thing that happens if you stare at this for too long, is that you get bored. Is that the trick of it? If it is, it works really well.