Today's dose of mind-blowing coolness

[plonq]

Don't bother trying this one if you are colourblind.  This is one of the more effective optical illusions I have seen in awhile. 

Very cool.

Apparently the loss of their goal tender has caused the Edmonton Oilers to stop scoring goals.  Stick a fork in 'em.

Comments

[dingotush.livejournal.com]

Works for me, and I', red-green colourblind.

[dakhun.livejournal.com]

Wow, that works so well, I thought it was a joke at first.

[furahi.livejournal.com]

Darn it! Why does it work so well?! ;D

When I first discovered those stare-at-the-negative optical illusions (or effcts) I started printing a ton of my own, I'd reverse any picture I had, stare at it, and then look at any white surface...

But this is a lot cooler ^^

[typographer.livejournal.com]

kewl

[neowolf2.livejournal.com]

Cool illusion! It looks just like a 'Bandwidth Limit Exceeded' page. :)

[fetlock.livejournal.com]

my poor mind.... very cool!

[aeto.livejournal.com]

*pounces the snowmeow*

That's so cool it scared me!
:>

[gedrean.livejournal.com]

OMG that is so cool I wanna find MORE of these!!

Retinal Fatigue

[(Anonymous)]

This is due to a phenomenon called retinal fatigue - it's not *really* and optical illusion.

http://www.psychologie.tu-dresden.de/i1/kaw/diverses%20Material/www.illusionworks.com/html/color_aftereffect.html

But it's still fun. This example is very well done.

from the Mother-in-Law