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Thread ID: 84378 2007-11-03 06:27:00 Which way is she turning? Erayd (23) PC World Chat
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608042 2007-11-04 20:21:00 Look at her feet, and then back to the whole body.

Nope - I still see no sign of any movement or anything happening. Just a completely stationary figure.
I have tried with and without glasses. No change.
I thought I detected a slight turn when I took my glasses off but that was because I could not see the whole of her foot when not using my specs. and it only happened for the split second when my eyes were trying to adapt.
Is it me? or does my computer fail to capture the complete picture?
Tom
Thomas01 (317)
608043 2007-11-04 20:24:00 Its your browser. It would apear to be freezing gif animation. Metla (12)
608044 2007-11-04 20:27:00 She never changes direction - what changes is which direction you perceive her to be turning in.

Like most things.

What you see is what you get.
Sweep (90)
608045 2007-11-06 05:15:00 Famous lady; she has made the NZ Herald website (www.nzherald.co.nz).

She spins mostly clockwise for me, but I can easily change her to swing back and forth so the figure only does repeated 180 deg turns instead of doing 360s. :p
Jen (38)
608046 2007-11-06 05:34:00 Anti-clockwise - you can tell by the shadow of the foot.

The light is behind her so the foot she has in the air is seen when her leg is away from you and when her leg is toward you, the shadow moves out of view.
decibel (11645)
608047 2007-11-06 05:51:00 Anti-clockwise - you can tell by the shadow of the foot.

The light is behind her so the foot she has in the air is seen when her leg is away from you and when her leg is toward you, the shadow moves out of view.

Yeah good point.
radium (8645)
608048 2007-11-06 06:28:00 I managed to get her to turn the other way - originally clockwise. :)

Once I got her going anticlockwise, it was easy to change her direction. :D
pcuser42 (130)
608049 2007-11-06 17:54:00 Anti-clockwise - you can tell by the shadow of the foot.

The light is behind her so the foot she has in the air is seen when her leg is away from you and when her leg is toward you, the shadow moves out of view.
And if it is a reflection rather than a shadow?
R2x1 (4628)
608050 2007-11-06 19:14:00 A second mind was brought to bear on the problem. He pointed out it is all in where you blink.

If you blink when her foot is pointing to either the left or the right direction is changed.

I've tried it and had her doing a half circle then turning repeatedly.

So its an optical illusion.
Mercury (1316)
608051 2007-11-07 06:10:00 So its an optical illusion.

No, it's not.

I agree that if you look at the body, you can blink and make it change "direction" at will, but if you look at the shadow (or reflection) of the foot, then she is always spinning in the same direction. [anti-clockwise]
decibel (11645)
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