Chapter 7:
Armadillos Dancing Against A Swollen Moon
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- 7.1 Enlarging the moon
- 7.2 Shape of the sky
- 7.3 Decapitation with the blind spot update April 2007
- 7.4 Gray networks in the morning, dashing specks in the daylight
- 7.5 Floaters and other spots in your eye
- 7.6 Streetlight halos
- 7.7 Phosphenes --- psychedelic displays
- 7.8 Humming becomes a stroboscope update April 2007
- 7.9 Keeping your eye on the baseball update Dec 2008
- 7.10 Impressionism
- 7.11 Pointillism
- 7.12 Moiré patterns
- 7.13 Op art update Jul 2008
- 7.14 Depth in oil paintings
- 7.15 Reading in the dark update Sep 2009
- 7.16 Trailing ghost light
- 7.17 Reflecting eyes
- 7.18 Underwater vision of humans, penguins, and crocodiles
- 7.19 Underwater vision of "four-eyed fish"
- 7.20 Cheshire cat effect
- 7.21 Rhino-optical effect
- 7.22 Flying clouds and Blue Meanies
- 7.23 Pulfrich illusion
- 7.24 Streetlight delay sequence
- 7.25 Mach bands
- 7.26 Upside down world
- 7.27 Inverted shadows, and the blister effect
- 7.28 Peculiar reflection from a Christmas tree ball update Dec 2007
- 7.29 Random dot moiré patterns
- 7.30 Patterns in television "snow"
- 7.31 Mona Lisa’s smile
- 7.32 Floating, ghostly images of a television screen
- 7.33 Reading through pinholes
- 7.34 Finger colors
- 7.35 Stars seen through a shaft during the daytime
- 7.36 Stargazer's eye sweep
- 7.37 Resolution of earth objects by astronauts
- 7.38 Honeybees, desert ants and polarized light
- 7.39 Haidinger's brush
- 7.40 Colors of shadows
- 7.41 Safety of sunglasses
- 7.42 Spherical fish lens
- 7.43 Depth in red and blue signs
- 7.44 Purkinje's blue arcs
- 7.45 Maxwell's spot
- 7.46 Visual sensations from radiation update Sep 2006 July 2010
- 7.47 Red light for control boards
- 7.48 Superman's x-ray vision
- 7.49 Fireworks illusion update June 2007
- 7.50 Looking at the ceiling
- 7.51 Mineral eyes new Sep 2011
- 7.52 Pub trick --- converting a small beer into a large beer new Nov 11
- 7.53 Why is the Moon white? new Dec 11
- 7.54 Bees and Van Gogh's Sunflowers new Jun 12
- Index Index A - C
- Chapter 1Slipping Between Falling Drops(MOTION)
- Chapter 2Racing On The Ceiling, Swimming Through Syrup(FLUIDS)
- Chapter 3Hiding Under The Covers, Listening For The Monsters(SOUND)
- Chapter 4Striking At The Heat In The Night(THERMAL PROCESS)
- Chapter 5Ducking First A Flash And Then A Roar (ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM)
- Chapter 6Splashing Colors Everywhere, Like A Rainbow(OPTICS)
- Chapter 7Armadillos Dancing Against A Swollen Moon(VISION)
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