A Neat Geometrical Illusion: The Scintillating Starburst

As you maybe know, I am an expert in optical illusions… So, I would like to show you one of my oldest illusions I created in the 90s. In the picture you may see ghost-like dark radial beams. This illusion is a variant of the Herman’s scintillating grid illusion. I designed this illusion just by turning 45 degrees the Herman grid and then by applying a polar transformation.

Scintillating starbust illusion
From my book “Eye Tricks“, 2001-2007.

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