Circle with blinking pink dots--pretty cool
 

http://www.patmedia.net/marklevinson..._illusion.html
I'm sure some of you have seen this before, but I just stumbled across it today. Any idea how it works?

Re: Circle with blinking pink dots--pretty cool
 

No idea. I can only theorize that the dots are so like the color of retinal after-images that the brain edits them out after staring at them for long enough.

Re: Circle with blinking pink dots--pretty cool
 

My (albeit wild) guess is that it has something to do with the ration of rods to cones in the center of your visual field as opposed to the outside of it.

Re: Circle with blinking pink dots--pretty cool
 

whoa....them disappearing was really weird and cool...nice find...

Re: Circle with blinking pink dots--pretty cool
 

one word describes this: radical

Re: Circle with blinking pink dots--pretty cool
 

well cool

Re: Circle with blinking pink dots--pretty cool
 

This is like totally f*cking my brainhole

Re: Circle with blinking pink dots--pretty cool
 

This gave me a wicked headache.

Re: Circle with blinking pink dots--pretty cool
 

Try doing it cross-eyed, it makes it look even cooler.

Re: Circle with blinking pink dots--pretty cool
 

Not only has this been posted before, but someobyd actually used it as their avatar for a while.