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Spiral or Not?

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This Demonstration shows an optical illusion known as Fraser's Spiral. While the image appears to be a spiral formed by a rope containing twisted strands, by moving the slider you can see that this is false.

Contributed by: Enrique Zeleny (March 2011)
Open content licensed under CC BY-NC-SA

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