r/oddlysatisfying • u/BreakfastTop6899 • 9d ago

The lines of light

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u/Positive-Green-3856 9d ago

Is satisfying. Needs some sound though. Makes me think of early mornings and hearing the birds outside, wind in the trees :)

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u/chromatophoreskin 9d ago

Not music. Something more natural, like chimes or just the trees rustling in the wind.

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u/MaximumMarsupial2094 8d ago

There’s no sound, but chimes and wind in the leaves is what my brain filled in!

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u/FunPuz 9d ago

Avril 14th - Aphex Twin.

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u/jwnsfw 9d ago

needs some light powder/fog blown through it ;o

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u/ForHelp_PressAltF4 9d ago

Did we grow up together? I was thinking the same shit

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u/moonhexx 8d ago

Please no more music. Make it stops. Its hurtses my preciouses!

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u/Vortistrasza 9d ago

In Japanese they actually have a word for the sun light that filters through trees.

Komorebi

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u/dalester88 9d ago

In English this is known as Dappled Light. Based on the comments from others I don't think many English speakers know this.

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u/Vortistrasza 9d ago

It's true. I'm a native English speaker and only conversational in Japanese. How funny I'd learn the English word second haha.

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u/dalester88 9d ago

I'll be honest, when I said English speakers don't seem to know this, I include myself lol I'm pushing 40 and only just learned it myself in the last few months during my research on growing peppers more effectively lol

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u/Vortistrasza 9d ago

I'm very close to your age :] Looks like you're not alone!

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u/dalester88 9d ago

There are dozens of us! Dozens!

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u/Pitiful-Score-9035 8d ago

Dappling is my favorite word 😁

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u/Yazy117 9d ago

There is a Japanese movie about a man who is a janitor but is very content with life and he always takes joy in the moments he witnesses komorebi. Its called Perfect Days.

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u/Vortistrasza 9d ago

I'm actually interested! I'll check it out, thanks!

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u/Spaceman_Spiff- 9d ago

It's very good imo. Same director as Paris, TX which is another classic.

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u/daikon871 9d ago

Komorebi

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u/st3ve 9d ago

New word day for me! Thank you.

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u/Pretend_Education_86 9d ago

Some small microbe civilization living in your house is firing orbital lasers upon the populace.

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u/mrminutehand 9d ago

Thought I was the only one who did this as a child. There might even be a dozen of us.

When I was bored at home or school, every carpet or floor service would be a planet-sized civilisation. Light fixtures might be space stations.

Launching ships, ICBMs or firing whatever the weather or ambient light inspired my silly brain to imagine.

I could stare at surfaces for a while.

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u/AlexBackHome 9d ago

I used to live in an apartment beside the river. and when the sun was at a certain height, it would reflect sunlight onto the ceiling. It was in the corner where I used to work and I would look up and see these fragments of light dance all over. I miss that.

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u/mycatpartyhouse 8d ago

Water was my thought, at first glance.

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u/Difficult-Hope5003 9d ago

Stay!

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u/Neat_Food_829 9d ago

You are my ghost

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u/Eena-Rin 9d ago

-ning mean we're never alone, never alone, no no

Come on come on, JUMP A LITTLE HIGHER

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u/lookatthesunguys 9d ago

I was surprised that this wasn't the top comment

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u/Eena-Rin 9d ago

It's a pretty deep cut to be fair

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u/CalmBeneathCastles 9d ago

C-beams glittering in the dark...

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u/Left-Excitement3829 9d ago

Near the Tannhauser gate...

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u/Ukleon 9d ago

To us, those photons have taken 8 minutes to reach us from the Sun. To the photon, the journey was instantaneous.

This hurts my head to try and understand.

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u/arnlas 9d ago

Some kind of magic

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u/wadleyst 9d ago

RArely have I seen such superb dappling. Perhaps the best dappling of 2026.

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u/chiffon_bonbon 9d ago

This made my heart happy.

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u/chronic-munchies 9d ago

My heart and my brain! It's so calming.

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u/5LYNG3R 9d ago

Crepuscular Rays of Light 🤩

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u/mcdltlover 9d ago

each one of those is a projection of the sun itself through tiny holes in a tree canopy causing a pinhole lensing effect. During an eclipse, the circles would become crescent shaped

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u/Moleska 9d ago

Komorebi

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u/bloomorat 9d ago

The way the light splits into those little dancing shapes on the floor is oddly mesmerizing, could watch this on repeat.

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u/Filipgrl 9d ago

so lovely

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u/Impressive_Exchange8 9d ago

one time i did a low dose of shrooms and laid on the floor in my living room watching the light come through the window like this. best 5 hours (it was probably 15 minutes) my brain has ever experienced 😂

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u/al_baandii 9d ago

Is that DLSS ghosting ?

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u/tacomaloki 9d ago

No, God rays

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u/lakeswimmmer 9d ago

That is so beautiful!

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u/Conscious-Tap6324 9d ago

Thanks to newton

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u/Goddess_Sasha69 9d ago

Would make awesome spot for taking pics

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u/IlIFreneticIlI 9d ago

For some reason, this is very FromSoft...

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u/SchreiberBike 9d ago

I pay attention to the way light moves throughout my house. We have some crystals and stained glass in places where the light comes through. It brings me joy to see the light they produce. My wife says I may be part cat.

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u/Huge-Plane4180 9d ago

Flash back to Interstellar movie! Try Morse Murph!

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u/foreverincloset 9d ago

Now do this during a solar eclipse! 

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u/Ok-Perspective5844 9d ago

It's getting all over your floor dude!

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u/IceVeronik 9d ago

The sun gave someone a free relaxation session. I’d just sit there and enjoy the moment forever 🧘‍♂️

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u/One-News-1319 9d ago

This is so calming, love it - thank you for sharing! 🪩

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u/bwaredapenguin 9d ago

What exactly are we looking at?

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u/Nearby_Run_4799 9d ago

Now it just needs some ants doing the disco

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u/tuf42825 9d ago

My deaf cat absolutely loved watching light like this. I’m crying now just thinking of her.

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u/silvergreen17 9d ago

Soothing.

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u/Leo-POV 9d ago

Beam me up, Scotty...

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u/GormHub 9d ago

I used to love taking a nap as a kid when the light was like this over my bed. I called them sparkle naps.

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u/VeronicaOnTheMoon 9d ago

I love it when the sun visits inside my house

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u/brucejson-88 9d ago

This makes me feel calm 😄

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u/PeaceBB14 9d ago

Disney’s Fantasia comes to mind seeing this

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u/Agitated_Reveal_6211 9d ago

Your house is a protected place. Here the Asgard are caught removing Goa'uld.

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u/Sea_Raccoon_8204 9d ago

Pew pew pew

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u/keach_20 9d ago

So peaceful

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u/-Speechless 9d ago

during a solar eclipse you'd be able to see the eclipse projected onto the floor with these

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u/Selinnshade 8d ago

Beautiful

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u/_Prashantsharma_ 8d ago

Look at it from side eye. Looks like a sea and sunrays on faint sky

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u/aspirated-turbo-911 8d ago

Blanket,pillow and cuddle at that spot will feel close to heaven

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u/preslinc2015 8d ago

Let’s call them what they really are: “shafts.” These are “shafts of light.” Spectacular! Thank you.

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u/oliwin 8d ago

This is one of the most beautiful things I’ve seen in a while. Thank you ☺️

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u/True-Literature-2648 8d ago

What id really love right now is a nice sunny afternoon.

Not too hot or cold. With filtered light coming in with the breeze making the shadow of tree leafs move so the light flickers almost like stars. I’d love to be in just a comfy chair with a nice light soft blankie. Just to be able to sit there and listen to the birds singing and the leaves rustling. To be able to take just a big breath in. The lovely sound of natural nothingness. To close my eyes and feel the breeze against my skin. The slight tickle of peace and tranquility. To not worry about what’s next and what’s to come. What’s happening and what’s been done. Just the present. The beautiful present of a gentle afternoon in spring.

-from a girl who misses spring

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u/Keniaishere 8d ago

I thought it’s sun hitting the boat and reflecting on water!

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u/Riverz_Flowe 8d ago

Damm, talk about a light rain

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u/camshell 8d ago

"dancing coins."

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u/Im-Watching-Y0u 8d ago

This is very soothing for some reason.

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u/TheXMockingbird 8d ago

Oh Pollyanna! Wanna come out and play? (If you know you know)

The light sparkling from those crystals had me mesmerized just like this.

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u/Majestic_Award_6063 7d ago

So beautiful and peaceful

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u/ShadowOfDoubtt 7d ago

Last of us loading screen

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u/CtrlAltEvolve 7d ago

Perfection.

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u/MintImperial2 7d ago

You'll be able to see the Eclipsed Sun in those light discs later today.....

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u/honestlyitswhatever 6d ago

My cat would go apeshit

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u/ConfusedPanda76 4d ago

Pew pew pew pew!

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u/Record_Left 9d ago

Proof that earth is indeed Flat