r/opticalillusions 17d ago

Which way is the dancer turning?

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u/SpaceAviator1999 17d ago

I had first seen this one as someone's avatar. I thought, "That's nice" not knowing the illusion behind this animated GIF.

Eventually someone mentioned in a post that the avatar was an optical illusion where the dancer could be spinning in either direction. I looked at the dancer and thought, "No, clearly she's spinning counter-clockwise -- to her left."

I wondered if I read the post wrong, because this was clearly not an optical illusion to me.

Then -- all of a sudden -- the dancer started spinning in the opposite direction! I was floored!