http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Spinning_Dancer
An optical illusion of a woman in silhouette spinning on one foot. The article claims that depending on where you observe it from, the dancer could be spinning clockwise or counterclockwise. Specifically one could take the foot touching the ground to be the left or right.
PNQ: Try as I might, the lower foot is clearly her left and she's spinning clockwise (if seen from above). Can anyone see her spin counterclockwise with the lower foot being her right?
I see the extended leg sweep from the right to the left and the vertical leg hop up and down as the foot sweeps from right to left. The other way is not presenting itself, it doesn't matter where I'm viewing it from.
EDIT: There's a YouTube video explaining how to do it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udfDv...layer_embedded
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Last edited by Nate the Great; 07-27-2011 at 10:28 PM.
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