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This instructable is about an optical illusion I've discovered, and it's pretty realistic when done correctly! I've come to call it, "an image of one's former self." because that's exactly what the illusion is. Although it's quite possibly the coolest illusion i've ever seen, it's not something that everyone can do due to the materials involved, and some possible health problems.
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This optical illusion involves intensely bright flashes of light, dark areas, and a fair amount of disorientation! I urge whoever tries this to be careful as the light will literally, cause temporary blindness. Try to move as little as possible during this duration, and make sure you have an object you can firmly anchor yourself to. This experiment isn't reccomended for those who have a history of epilepsy either for obvious reasons. also, make sure that the light is NOT pointed directly at your face, as the light can cause damage to the cornea.
as always I'm not responsible for anything that happens to you or your possesions, should you choose to try this experiment.
as always I'm not responsible for anything that happens to you or your possesions, should you choose to try this experiment.
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I like to hold my hand up at the ceiling look up, then after flash goes off look at the floor, you feel like your about to fall upwards, i think it has something to do with photon memory in the tissue of the cornea, as if your eye is a rewritable polaroid sheet that instantly develops & starts fading as soon as the light source is removed...
Seeing the white spectrum flash light without any normal full spectrum light to bleed though is a notable part of the effect i think , because most of us never see this besides a strobe light, which don't seem quite as luminous as a flash. It is a really interesting trick of the eye, but like you note very disorienting!