A deeply unsettling GIF

[pesco]

Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2018/02/21/a-deeply-unsettling-gif.html

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[Melz2]

[Mangochin]

Here I Go Again

[Melz2]

[agies]

I find it soothing.

[TomFury13]

Isn’t this sort of like the concept of a fractal? The closer you get the more complicated it becomes.

[anon30760835]

[Akimbo_NOT]

Zoomquilt

[LurksNoMore]

Fractals, how do they work?

[Gutierrez]

[semiotix]

Worth it for the big reveal after 5-6 minutes.

[GulliverFoyle]

[nixiebunny]

It’s frustrating because the zoom has a slight pause. Should be smooth for best effect.

[Boundegar]

Waaaait a minute. That’s not real, is it?

[anon30760835]

@Boundegar

Waaaait a minute.

I takes about 6

[anon24181555]

You think that’s unsettling? I hate the Peano Space and the Koch Curve. I fear the Cantor Ternary Set. The Sierpinski Gasket makes me wanna cry.

[generic_name]

If you look closely you can actually see the peninsula grow out of the coast, beginning as a tiny sliver below the larger peninsulas.

[StoneyMahoney]

Welcome to the planet Mandelbrot.

[ficuswhisperer]

The payoff at the end is totally worth it.

[MarcVader]