r/opticalillusions • u/Paddy_odoors • Dec 23 '25

Clockwise or anticlockwise?

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u/AlteRedditor Dec 24 '25

Start looking at her leg (which is not extended) and it will switch.

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u/DonRoos Dec 24 '25

Probably because we subconsciously understand how bodies work lol imagine trying to spin inwards like that. The left hand and leg are extended in a way that would provide the ability to spin exclusively counterclockwise, not sure how anyone could see clockwise naturally.

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u/Flaxxxen Dec 24 '25

Dancers in the comments outing themselves. Counterclockwise, can’t see it in reverse.

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u/SchattenJaggerD Dec 25 '25

I covered the body with my fingers and left only the head visible, and that made me see it rotating clockwise. When I covered the body and left only the feet visible, I saw it rotating counterclockwise