Using remastered images captured by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter’s HiRISE (High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment) camera, Seán Doran created this absolutely breathtaking 8K trip across some craters on Mars. I just watched it on an 8K television and it was stunning. Granted I don’t own an 8K television and had
This is a phenakistiscope drawn by artist and musician Yohei Kisanuki featuring a bunch of stick figures climbing up a large set of steps. Or, when played counterclockwise, climbing down the same steps. Are you a climbing up or climbing down kind of person? I’m a sit and take a
This is a video of object manipulator and prop designer SHAO performing a routine using a morphing cube prop developed by fellow prop designer Thomas Foyk. It was pretty fun to watch. How about all those faces he has though?! I’ve heard of people being two-faced, but four? That’s a
Because soon our backpacks won’t carry anything but video messages, this is a clip from Yihong Technology demonstrating their persistence of vision backpack, that uses a spinning 4-rotor fan with 510 rapidly blinking LEDs to display video. In this case, everyone’s favorite plumber, Mario. WHY he’s everyone’s favorite plumber is
These are several video examples of artist Damien Beneteau’s Spherical Variations, chrome and matte black balls on a pendulum that pass through a lit portal, producing some pretty trippy visuals in the process. And you know how I feel about trippy visuals! “They scare you.” They’re absolutely terrifying. Isn’t life
Because this is why the internet was invented (“It’s true.” — Al Gore), here’s a video of pet otters Kotaro and Hana (previously) reacting to a machine that makes water drops appear to drip backwards. I think it’s safe to say their little minds were blown. Honestly, my big mind
Both the top and bottom half of the image have the same number of dots, but the ones on top appear to disappear unless you’re looking at them. This is an example of a Hermann grid illusion, an optical illusion first documented by Ludimar Hermann in 1870. According to SharpBrains,
This is a timelapse video of yesterday’s total lunar eclipse (aka blood moon) as captured by astrophotographers Astrofalls and Clanger_Mcbanger (great name) from Ironwood National Forest in Arizona. Total lunar eclipses are called blood moons because of their red hue, due to the only sunlight reaching the moon having passed