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xbeckyax
3-12-2007 7:48 PM
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color:#cc99cc;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/ff33998b-d98f-4fe5-b10a-f79af41a4df1/0CA2B667-8348-45F2-9EE0-2852C1655499/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.scientificpsychic.com/graphics/" href="http://www.scientificpsychic.com/graphics/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.scientificpsychic.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.scientificpsychic.com/graphics/"><B>The red squares are the same color in the upper part
and in the lower part of the "X"</B></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.scientificpsychic.com/graphics/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.scientificpsychic.com/img/24C44702-5C59-4737-AA31-50297CCB2647" alt="Green Checkerboard" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.scientificpsychic.com/graphics/"><B>There are no gray spots at the corners of the squares.</B></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.scientificpsychic.com/graphics/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.scientificpsychic.com/img/79ADD7BB-8D2D-427B-B6E9-FDE0E764554F" alt="Black square grid" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.scientificpsychic.com/graphics/"><B>The center circles are both the same size.</B></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.scientificpsychic.com/graphics/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.scientificpsychic.com/img/55DDF915-956B-4997-9E67-AAFB8E3BD07B" alt="Center circles are equal" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.scientificpsychic.com/graphics/"><B>The shade of the center dot is the same in all the squares.</B></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.scientificpsychic.com/graphics/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.scientificpsychic.com/img/07CD7774-1E47-4B7B-8CD9-F3E395D3EF1C" alt="Contrasting background" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.scientificpsychic.com/graphics/"><B>There are only white circles at the intersections</B></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.scientificpsychic.com/graphics/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.scientificpsychic.com/img/7B4FA8E6-ED35-48C3-8F4C-AA6A7F3B2040" alt="White Circles" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.scientificpsychic.com/graphics/"><CENTER><B>Three Streams.</B><BR />Apparent movement of the streams is created by 
afterimages<BR /> as our eyes shift to examine the picture.</CENTER></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.scientificpsychic.com/graphics/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.scientificpsychic.com/img/40931CE9-1B5A-4021-B910-617428B19E77" alt="Three Streams" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.scientificpsychic.com/graphics/"><B>Rotating Wheels</B></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.scientificpsychic.com/graphics/"><P align="justify">
The circles appear to rotate when you move your head closer and further away from the screen 
while looking at the dot in the center.  Our peripheral vision interprets the relative increase
or decrease of the image in the retina as rotational motion of the slanted lines.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.scientificpsychic.com/graphics/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.scientificpsychic.com/img/133F510D-DA9E-49E3-83B7-DEB755FA1A25" alt="Rotating Wheels" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.scientificpsychic.com/graphics/"><CENTER><B>Afterimage</B>
<P align="justify"> An afterimage is a visual impression that remains 
in the retina after the initial stimulus is removed.  The afterimage always has
colors that are complementary to those of the original image.
Look steadily at the cross in the center of the picture to see an afterimage.</P></CENTER></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.scientificpsychic.com/graphics/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.scientificpsychic.com/img/C43CC436-4553-4D51-929A-E0198A16861F" alt="Afterimage" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.scientificpsychic.com/graphics/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.scientificpsychic.com/img/54ABAB46-2F0D-49CA-8218-4B5110C6518E" alt="Retinal Fatigue" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.scientificpsychic.com/graphics/"><CENTER><IMG width="172" height="200" alt="Josephine sitting on the bleachers" src="http://www.scientificpsychic.com/graphics/josit.gif" /></CENTER></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.scientificpsychic.com/graphics/"><B>Shifting gears</B></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.scientificpsychic.com/graphics/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.scientificpsychic.com/img/954BA50E-5F95-40AD-843D-0996EB36C13E" alt="Gears in motion - derived from A. Kitaoka" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.scientificpsychic.com/graphics/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.scientificpsychic.com/img/50E0E7A6-8560-4AB4-BB73-B29999D87481" alt="Radiating from inside" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.scientificpsychic.com/graphics/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.scientificpsychic.com/img/24AB323D-D158-4CCF-9C43-41B9883E06CA" alt="Radiating from outside" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.scientificpsychic.com/graphics/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.scientificpsychic.com/img/AD1BD876-3C2C-42CE-B2F7-24DB1F16BED7" alt="Circle distorted by background pattern" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.scientificpsychic.com/graphics/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.scientificpsychic.com/img/1F081241-2C3C-4577-98B3-9E00ACB85585" alt="Squares distorted by background pattern" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.scientificpsychic.com/graphics/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.scientificpsychic.com/img/4EE33A73-C3E8-42D6-8B67-444B06C828CF" alt="Verical lines are equal" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.scientificpsychic.com/graphics/"><CENTER><IMG width="229" height="91" alt="Fork" src="http://www.scientificpsychic.com/graphics/fork.gif" />
<IMG width="193" height="105" alt="stick" src="http://www.scientificpsychic.com/graphics/stick.gif" />
</CENTER></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.scientificpsychic.com/graphics/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.scientificpsychic.com/img/D003100B-01C9-4D4E-9ACA-D2573682DD83" alt="Squares on Concentric Circles" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.scientificpsychic.com/graphics/"><CENTER>
<IMG width="221" height="221" alt="Warped Square" src="http://www.scientificpsychic.com/graphics/warpedsq2.gif" />
<IMG width="221" height="221" alt="derived from A. Kitaoka" src="http://www.scientificpsychic.com/graphics/bulge2.gif" />
</CENTER></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/0CA2B667-8348-45F2-9EE0-2852C1655499/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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