• PumaStoleMyBluff@lemmy.world
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      11 days ago

      My entirely amateur guess is that our peripheral vision interprets the black and white plus signs as highlights and shadows on a rolling surface.

      A bit like how we know there are 3D waves in this image because of the highlights and shadows, while knowing that the water is all the “same color”: