Who Is This??

SpannerintheWorks

First, turn out the lights. Stare at the above image for 30 seconds or so, about 6 inches away from the screen, without blinking. Then focus on a light-coloured wall, without blinking. Who do you see???
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kenpodragon

Jesus
riz

sex
blondie

It looks like a beached, blue whale that has rotted partially.
SpannerintheWorks

Riz, stop being such an asshole.
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riz

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roybatty

It's JanH! Wow, I've wondered where he's been.
riz

lol roy! that's so funny. i was thinking the same thing oh dear- here we go again!
hahaha thanks for the laugh.
Sentinel

Spanner,
Was this the guy you saw on the bench when you were out running?
Bodhisattva

It's called persistence of vision. It's the reason we don't notice the sun blinking. (It does.)
Many moons ago I was working at a convenience store and recall this image being featured on the cover of one of the tabloids that sat across the front aisle from the register. Funny thing was this tabloid always had space set aside for a head -- be it that of a wolfman, an alien, or Dan Quayle. It was amazing how their reporting managed to uncover some such image every single week. That particular week it was the "miracle" of the image above.