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[–]skullkid777 55 points56 points ago

It will turn completely.... it WILL

[–]feared_rear_admiral 2 points3 points ago

keep on truckin, brother

[–]nodnodwinkwink 1 point2 points ago

It will finish turning when earth finishes turning.

[–]Dashieee 0 points1 point ago

Patience, my dear Watson.

[–]Alatorr 1 point2 points ago

It does turn completely. That's the duration of the gif, then it starts again Some guy lower in the comments tested it.

[–]kingwolfos 0 points1 point ago

I WILL see it finish. I will dedicate my life to it if I have to.

[–]Youknowimtheman 78 points79 points ago

I want this in 1080p for my wallpaper.

[–]ThePhenix 30 points31 points ago

Goodbye, sanity!

[–]rasatm 2 points3 points ago

Can I get mine in 4320p! Though would love the over 9000 version of UHDTV

[–]peekitup 92 points93 points ago

This is a tiling of a Hyperbolic surface made famous by MC Escher. Each region bounded by black lines--actually an artifact in the way the image is constructed--is identical to all the other regions.

What is essentially going on is we are looking at a point of this hyperbolic surface with our regular Euclidean vision, and this point is moving to the right.

From our point of view: shit looks freaky yo.

But from the point of view of a person living in this hyperbolic surface, all they are doing is moving to the right in a straight line.

You will notice that the image seems to be less distorted toward the middle upper center. This is the point where our Euclidean vision is centered, where the local picture is not too far from distorting Euclidean space. As you get further away from this point, distances become more and more distorted. Like if you fill up a balloon, draw on it, and then deflate it, the drawing will become distorted.

For example: every single fish in this gif, from the point of view of a person living inside the hyperbolic space, is the same size and shape.

For more info/related topics:

http://euler.slu.edu/escher/index.php/Hyperbolic_Geometry#Hyperbolic_Space http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%B6bius_transformation http://euler.slu.edu/escher/index.php/Math_and_the_Art_of_M._C._Escher

/r/math, /r/puremath, /r/learnmath, etc.

[–]wywywywy 23 points24 points ago

So... a rapper did this?

[–]MariposaPeligrosa 5 points6 points ago

Hence the "shit looks freaky yo" in the midst of a mathematical explanation.

[–]db0255 1 point2 points ago

[–]Boulderbuff64 3 points4 points ago

Yes! This is such a great explanation! I was trying to explain non-euclidean spaces to a person yesterday. I'm going to show them this.

[–]PinheadX 0 points1 point ago

Were you discussing R'lyeh?

[–]bacon_nuts 3 points4 points ago

Damn. You clever.

[–]slaya771 0 points1 point ago

The juxtaposition between this comment and the current highest rated comment is enormous.

[–]therestruth 0 points1 point ago

There's more than just a strange bat in that last one... Diabolically amazing.

[–]glasnostic 12 points13 points ago

Stuff like this reminds me of salvia. Not sure if that's good or bad.

[–]gustavegebhart 10 points11 points ago

Good or bad, it's correct.

[–]JonnyRichter 4 points5 points ago

When I did salvia, it was while watching an episode of King of the Hill. I distinctly remember the show turning into this gif.

[–]dksa 5 points6 points ago

Last time I did salvia I found myself in a desert and I found a giant egg slightly bigger than me and joyfully hugged it and danced around with it.

I was definitely in a garage the whole time.

[–]Mannex 2 points3 points ago

yes it's strangely accurate

[–]kharmakazy 1 point2 points ago

I came to post just this. The reminds me very much of my first time trying salvia.

[–]Sphigmomanometer 22 points23 points ago

Now I want shrooms

[–]BrewedLord 8 points9 points ago

DMT

[–]VengefulOctopus 193 points194 points ago

gif

wut r u doin

gif pls

stahp

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[–]MrSm1lez 28 points29 points ago

tribar gav me cansur

[–]Daniel_Laixer 5 points6 points ago

giffy pls

[–]yen223 25 points26 points ago

Wow, this is an interes- MUST KILL BATMAN

[–]Redcorn 12 points13 points ago

Are these fractals?

[–]nothis 6 points7 points ago

It's actually an MC Escher painting. He did tons of repeating patterns like that, mind blowing stuff.

[–]Ayevee 4 points5 points ago

Reminds me of Milkdrops

[–]GAMEchief 4 points5 points ago

Milkdrop, singular.

And oh my god thank you for reminding me about Milkdrop!

[–]incoming_n_word 2 points3 points ago

Just reinstalled Winamp. Had no idea Milkdrop came stock.

[–]wywywywy 3 points4 points ago

The latest version is called ProjectM, and comes with XBMC and VLC plus a few other media apps. There is also a standalone (non-free but cheap) Android app which looks very cool. I think there is going to be an iOS app too.

[–]GAMEchief 2 points3 points ago

Yep, been like that for a while. I'm so glad too. Everyone needs to experience it, and it's so much easier to say "Get Winamp" than "Get Winamp and install Milkdrop" when I explain it to friends.

[–]jordan314 4 points5 points ago

Or Drempels

[–]krowface 0 points1 point ago

I still use Drempels.

[–]sykoknot 2 points3 points ago

ElectricSheep even more so.

[–]yourhouseisonfire 6 points7 points ago

Reminds me a lot of smoking salvia.

[–]slymagpie 4 points5 points ago

Maths: not even once...

[–]LoveStrut 10 points11 points ago

Those colored things in the corner look like fish.

[–]strawcat 8 points9 points ago

They are. This is a piece by the great M.C. Escher titled Circle Limit III

[–]HabitOfCreature 4 points5 points ago

I had one of those! Mom bought it for my 25th birthday!

[–]Lixtec 3 points4 points ago

Man thanks for making my night.

[–]HabitOfCreature 2 points3 points ago

Awww! You're welcome!

[–]FothaMugga 14 points15 points ago

My favorite part is when the camera hits the glass!

[–]johnlocke357 7 points8 points ago

You're a terrible person. You know that, right?

[–]RonnieDaBear 3 points4 points ago

I don't get it, anyone want to fill me in?

[–]Uber_Tastical 6 points7 points ago

John watched for a very long time.

[–]RonnieDaBear 1 point2 points ago

More. Give me more!

[–]Brody3K 1 point2 points ago

Don't tell John what he did or didn't do!

[–]Johngazm 2 points3 points ago

I don't get it. Anybody want to ENLIGHTEN me?

ftfy

[–]H5Mind 1 point2 points ago

You get a good Samaritan/not Phillip McCracjen upvote.

[–]Jbergy 1 point2 points ago

Nobody got your John Locke reference.. I got it. Have an up vote!

[–]powprodukt 15 points16 points ago

Brain did not evolve to understand things like this.

[–]romwell 4 points5 points ago

Actually, out brain has indeed evolved to understand things like this. You do need to learn mathematics behind such things, though, so don't expect to understand it without doing any work.

[–]epicbot229 4 points5 points ago

In case any of you were wondering, yes it does make a complete circle. I tried it 3times and they all showed that infact, this gig makes a whole turn.

[–]Turbojett 3 points4 points ago

You are all now under my complete control.

[–]exus 3 points4 points ago

This is basically my first salvia trip. Everything was moving and nothing changed.

[–]DrKaratechop 2 points3 points ago

Woah

[–]DCraik 2 points3 points ago

This reminds me of salvia so much

[–]Wakanaga 0 points1 point ago

For the curious this was originally a work of M.C. Escher

[–]bigolredafro 2 points3 points ago

ALL HAIL HYPNOTOAD

[–]8BitCookie 2 points3 points ago

I literarily stared at this for an hour, In till my friend from steam pop up and blocked the gif, thank you cactus for saving my life

[–]PlNG 0 points1 point ago

does someone have this without the senorgif branding?

[–]MedievalManagement 5 points6 points ago

For anyone who has never taken acid or shrooms, this is a fairly good representation of the kind of visual hallucinations you can expect to see. Not the only kind, but the most prevalent.

For anyone who has taken acid or shrooms, I highly recommend an hour of quality time with the box cover of Pink Floyd's Pulse. You're welcome in advance.

[–]TheBlazingPhoenix 1 point2 points ago

dat stained glass....

[–]overused-meme-alert 0 points1 point ago

dat stained

guuuuuuuuuuuurrrrrllllll

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[–]Mechanicalmind 1 point2 points ago

Why does "lucy in the sky with diamonds" play in my head when i watch this gif?

[–]Kai-Rality 1 point2 points ago

You sir get an upvote, as this is the only time in which "can't stop watching" actually potrays my own exposure to a gif!

[–]Juliolink -1 points0 points ago

[–]Juliolink 3 points4 points ago

[–]mrgbow 0 points1 point ago

I can't even tell where it loops...

[–]umilmi81 1 point2 points ago

So much math.

[–]Zepp777 1 point2 points ago

Here you go guys and gals. Put it in full screen 720p and enjoy!

[–]PinheadX 0 points1 point ago

Commenting to find this later

[–]SarkMuski 0 points1 point ago

Now I'm hungry.

[–]scrash 1 point2 points ago

i want it to turn so badly...

[–]psyEDk 0 points1 point ago

love shit like this!

really need to start saving all these trippy fractal gifs to a folder for future psychedelic hypnotic indulgance

[–]H5Mind 2 points3 points ago

[–]psyEDk 0 points1 point ago

http://www.reddit.com/r/woahdude actually, after a bit of searching. But thanks!! :)

[–]H5Mind 0 points1 point ago

/r/woahdude

*accidentally an h

[–]H5Mind 1 point2 points ago

All hail Hypno-gif!

[–]bearclaw_22 1 point2 points ago

There's not much better than an awesome gif

[–]pukefirst 0 points1 point ago

It just keeps turning...

[–]raydove9 -1 points0 points ago

wait whaa? i dont know....this gif is making me drunker...

[–]Meeksnolini 0 points1 point ago

Hello WinAmp's visualizer. I think I'm going to go stare at that for a few hours now. Again.

[–]UrbanSoot 0 points1 point ago

Where can I find this in higher resolution?

[–]Chaotic-Genes 0 points1 point ago

Why won't you turn around!

[–]lurkerbot 1 point2 points ago

Most of these just make me nauseous but this is one gif to rule them all.

[–]danisreallycool 0 points1 point ago

Fuck yes fractals, fuck yes M.C. Escher, fuck yes brain meltidjncsklcuospdddd:$3$.

[–]J3ss33 1 point2 points ago

I'm high as fuck and tripping balls - literally.

[–]fistman 0 points1 point ago

I need a much higher quality one so I can use it as a desktop/screensaver image

[–]rachel_em 0 points1 point ago

Woah.

[–]eternalkerri 0 points1 point ago

I picked the wrong day to quit sniffing glue...

[–]nexusseven 1 point2 points ago

I have a hangover, and this really doesn't help...

[–]rastapasta808 0 points1 point ago

I think this is one of the first gifs that truly intrigued me. I really could not stop watching it till I understodd its infinite patterning movement

Great artist there

[–]Zorblax 0 points1 point ago

All Glory to the Hypnotoad!

[–]Teh_Panda 0 points1 point ago

I could

[–]opiates_ 1 point2 points ago

2c-e.gif

[–]kharmakazy 1 point2 points ago

This is pretty much what salvia feels like, only you don't exist anymore, only the gif does.

[–]darkfaith93 0 points1 point ago

WHERE'S THE OTHER SIDE!

[–]doctorscurvy 0 points1 point ago

Saved this as turnalreadydammit.gif

[–]keiyakins 0 points1 point ago

You like this? How would you like to play a game on a world on a hyperbolic plane?

http://roguetemple.com/z/hyper.php

[–]macros-the-black 0 points1 point ago

I stopped watching to comment that I stopped watching to comment that I stopped watching to comment that I stopped to comment.

[–]bigbangAT 0 points1 point ago

I stopped watching... Where is your god now?!

[–]Mannex 0 points1 point ago

oh god salvia nooo

[–]Zekethephoenix 0 points1 point ago

this is what i saw when i took dmt and closed my eyes o.O

[–]Kemps 0 points1 point ago

BRB, gonna go smoke some Salvia and make my face explode watching this.

[–]somethinganonymousss 0 points1 point ago

How did you?! ..what is...?!!? ..how are you...wow....

[–]ILikeLeptons 1 point2 points ago

is this a poincare disk of some sort?

[–]lmoj1 0 points1 point ago

I keep waiting for there to be an ending..

[–]go_Pre 1 point2 points ago

Once, when I was very um... HAPPY one day... I experienced the secret to the universe, and it was similar to this image. I learned that the universe is just an endless zooming process, in or out. There are universes inside the nucleus of an atom, and our universe was contained inside something much bigger. I zoomed out and out and out and saw that everything was connected by this zooming process.

[–]lockrobster52 0 points1 point ago

You make my brain say wut tha fuhk

[–]nooknstuff 0 points1 point ago

WHAT IS HAPPENING!?!?

[–]heyitstval 0 points1 point ago

[–]CarbonGod 1 point2 points ago

Looping GIF, you are doing it right!

[–]dyslexiccoder 0 points1 point ago

It's moving but it never actually goes anywhere...

[–]cethaliophia 0 points1 point ago

If people like this, I would recommend a trip to Escher het in Palais in Den Haag. I go there all the time and it...is...awesome.

[–]Youtenna 0 points1 point ago

That is way cool. Thanks for bringing this to my attention. Absolutely brilliant. I know it's an Escher design, but who made the gif? Any idea? Nice work.

[–]SimonWest 0 points1 point ago

err... whoa

[–]violentacrez -1 points0 points ago

WHY DOESN'T IT TURN!!!

[–]fotomr 0 points1 point ago

i can.

[–]NinjaMafia92 0 points1 point ago

I did...you must have a weak mind

[–]Qweniden 0 points1 point ago

That is what Grateful Dead music looks like.

[–]endorphine_[!] 0 points1 point ago

ALL GLORY TO THIS GIF

[–]strategic_butter -1 points0 points ago

[–]fcknkllr 0 points1 point ago

Just keep saying, 1 fish, 2 fish, red fish, blue fish while it's turning!

[–]Biggg_D21 0 points1 point ago

if you blink fast it looks like it restarts everytime

[–]MadgicalMidget 0 points1 point ago

i could

[–]eggshelltiptoe 0 points1 point ago

"AND KNITTING AND KNITTING AND KNITTING AND KNITTING....."

[–]eggshelltiptoe 0 points1 point ago

anyone else tasting neon copper??

[–]soggyperson 0 points1 point ago

My eyes hurt now.

[–]javier682 0 points1 point ago

My mind is not understanding?!?!

[–]Jeeman -1 points0 points ago

Wat

[–]Greyletter 3 points4 points ago

I like how you said "wat" and got 3 downvotes. Just the other day I made the same exact comment and got 1500 karma. Silly reddit...