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09.30.09{273}_Wednesday...No mists or frost, Simon.
- 30 Sep 2009
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The most depraved type of human being is the man without a purpose.

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Excit

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The Supremes ... Radio ... Tracks

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Niagara Falls

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The Languages of Tone and Rhythm

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Ericameria nauseosa

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Oil/water/surfactant mixture

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"Rotating double-square turtles"

Purple or yellow elements in each double-square are aligned along squares, but the alignment appears to be distorted by the illusion of fringed edges (Kitaoka et al., 2004). In addition, the double-squares appear to move.

Copyright Akiyoshi Kitaoka 2006 (June 19)

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09.29.09{272}_Tuesday...No, Mel Gibson is a casino's big lemon
- 29 Sep 2009
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We are fast approaching the stage of the ultimate inversion:

the stage where the government is free to do anything it pleases,

while the citizens may act only by permission;

which is the stage of the darkest periods of human history,

the stage of rule by brute force.

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Boomshine

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Albert King ... Radio ... Tracks ... Wiki

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Athens, Greece

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San Marco Clock Tower, Venice

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Aeonium arboreum 'Atropurpureum'

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Villi of the mouse small intestine

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"Sekigahara no tatakai"*

*One of the largest civil wars in Japan (1600AD)

Horizontals appear to tilt though this image consists of only squares.

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09.28.09{271}_Monday...No, it is open on one position.
- 28 Sep 2009
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There is a level of cowardice lower than that of the conformist:

the fashionable non-conformist.

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Factory Balls

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The Flying Burrito Brothers ... Radio ... Tracks ... Wiki

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Madrid

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Clockwork in the Cold

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Ribes sanguineum

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Thin nematic film (liquid crystals)

(200x)

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"Hebi rokujukkyodai"*

*Hebi = snakes, rokuju = sixty, kyodai = brothers

Although each line made of snake's mouths is horizontal, the uppermost one appears to tilt counterclockwise, and the next one clockwise, and so on. This tilt illusion is the Fraser illusion. In addition, each row appears to sway horizontally.

Copyright Akiyoshi Kitaoka 2006 (June 7)

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09.25.09{268}_Friday...No, is iced dab a bad decision ?
- 25 Sep 2009
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There are two sides to every issue:

one side is right and the other is wrong,

but the middle is always evil.

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Ghostscape

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Richie Havens ... Radio ... Tracks ... Wiki

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Mt. St. Helens

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Menagerie

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Allium turcomanicum

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Condylostoma sp. (a protozoan)

(100x)

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"Packed rays"

Each ray is a square but appears to be distorted by the illusion of shifted gradations (Kitaoka, 1998). In addition, the eyes of the darker rays appear to be lighter than those of the lighter rays, but they are identical in luminance gradient. Moreover, some parts of the vertical or horizontal lines appear to be lighter or darker than other parts (Logvinenko illusion?).

Copyright Akiyoshi Kitaoka 2006 (June 12)

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09.24.09{267}_Thursday...No devils met if items lived on.
- 24 Sep 2009
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The question isn’t who is going to let me;

it’s who is going to stop me.

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Civiballs

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REO Speedwagon ... Radio ... Tracks ... Wiki

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Oresund Bridge

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The Unknown Museum

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Arisaema consanguineum

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Copepod lophoura (a crustacean)

(4x)

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"Field of flowers"

The horizontally or vertically aligned blue squares appear to tilt.

Copyright Akiyoshi Kitaoka 2005 (September 21)

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09.23.09{266}_Wednesday...No Garden, One Dragon
- 23 Sep 2009
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The purpose of morality is to teach you, not to suffer and die,

but to enjoy yourself and live.

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SeppuKuties

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John Cale ... Radio ... Tracks ... Wiki

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London, England

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The Emptied Prairie
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Hemerocallis 'Penny's Worth'

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Diatom (100x)

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"Shifting blick walls"
The black horizontal lines are actually parellel but appear to tilt alternately (Lavatory Wall illusion or Montalvo illusion).

Moreover, the rows of blicks appear to move laterally.
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09.22.09{265}_Tuesday...Noel, let's egg Estelle on

22 Sep 2009

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The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals.

Well, when there aren’t enough criminals, one makes them.

One declares so many things to be a crime that it

becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws.

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ButtonHunt 3

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The Spencer Davis Group ... Radio ... Tracks ... Wiki

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Great Wall of China

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Beautiful Holy Jewel Home of the Original Rhinestone Cowboy

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Cynara scolymus L.

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Two m-plane sapphire substrates

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"A distorted circle"

A circle appears to be pressed in the top, bottom, right and left.

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Strangers on my flight

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09.21.09{264}_Monday...nod rape pardon

21 Sep 2009

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The man who lets a leader prescribe his course is a wreck being towed to the scrap heap.

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minim

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Jia Peng Fang ... Radio ... Tracks

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Berlin, Germany

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Bottle Houses

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Stachys byzantina 'Silver Carpet'

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Anterior spiracles (respiratory openings) of a fruit fly larvae

(1500x)

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"Cigarettes"
Each of straight cigarettes appears to bend inward.
Copyright Akiyoshi Kitaoka 2005 (April 20)

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09.30.09{273}_Wednesday...No mists or frost, Simon.

The Languages of Tone and Rhythm

09.29.09{272}_Tuesday...No, Mel Gibson is a casino's big lemon

San Marco Clock Tower, Venice

09.28.09{271}_Monday...No, it is open on one position.

Clockwork in the Cold

09.25.09{268}_Friday...No, is iced dab a bad decision ?

Menagerie

09.24.09{267}_Thursday...No devils met if items lived on.

The Unknown Museum

09.23.09{266}_Wednesday...No Garden, One Dragon

The Emptied Prairie

09.22.09{265}_Tuesday...Noel, let's egg Estelle on

09.21.09{264}_Monday...nod rape pardon

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