Optical Illusion of The Day: Orange Spinning Optical Illusion

Posted: 02 Jun 2015 05:01 AM PDT

Have you ever just had one of those days where you feel like you’re going a little crazy? Yesterday was that day for me, and the illusion I found for today’s post didn’t help much!

Take a look at today’s illusion and ask yourself…is it moving??

Purple orange spiral

If you concentrate on the center of this spinning optical illusion, it doesn’t look like it’s moving much. However, if you look outside of the image it looks as though this optical illusion is spinning! You can get the same effect by slowly moving your eyes back and forth across the image.

Don’t believe that this spinning optical illusion is really stationary? Put your finger on one of the the orange spokes. You’ll see that the orange spoke you choose will still be under your finger when you look back proving that the image is stationary. It’s all just a trick of the eye, and definitely enough to freak you out a little on this early Tuesday morning!

I’m not sure who originally created this spinning optical illusion, but I do know that it was most likely inspired by Professor Akiyoshi Kitaoka, a Japanese professor of psychology. Kitaoka specialized in visual perception and illusions, particularly those involving geometrical shape, brightness, and color. He became well known for his rotating snakes illusion.

If this rotating optical illusion wasn’t quite trippy enough for you, we’ve got lots of great illusions for you to look at! Take a look at these Professor Akiyoshi Kitaoka inspired illusions or this moving tunnel optical illusion!

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