Remember “Magic Eye”? by rhoing

Remember “Magic Eye”?

[“Magic Eye” refers to “3D images” embedded in repetitive patterns that do not seem to have any kind of image. See: http://www.magiceye.com ]

If you do, you probably “date” yourself a bit. That’s what occurred to me as a reflexive reaction to the “pattern” of this image. This is probably a species in the “Sedum” genus of the Crassulaceae family. Our particular cultivar is known by the common name “Golden Carpet” because of its yellow flowers and its “ground cover” characteristic.

Genus page at PhytoImages, http://phytoimages.siu.edu/cgi-bin/dol/dol_terminal.pl?taxon_name=Sedum&rank=genus

Photo taken in our front yard. :)

1 year ago (“Life is no accident…”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2013-06-01
2 years ago (“MIN 55 MM”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2012-06-01
3 years ago (“Little Grassy Lake”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2011-06-01

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In Magic Eye poster viewing, you'd hear shouting of " I SEE it, I see it!" For your questions I will shout "I DO! I do!" haha You are talking about those highly detailed patterned posters, that if you stared unfocused at them, a "raised"portion would show up, making a hidden image. right? This is really cool. My favorite one is a 5 point star shape...it's on the bottom right intersection of lines if you could see a grid for "rule of thirds'
June 13th, 2014  
@espyetta Exactly right, MaryBeth! Still "in business," apparently: http://www.magiceye.com/!
June 13th, 2014  
@espyetta Alternate title: (Think Eddie Murphy and) "Count the Gumbys"!
June 13th, 2014  
@rhoing Gumbys! haha! The MagicEye poster fad was featured highly in the early 90s movie "Mallrats." One dude just could not see it! I cannot see them on the monitor well. I went to that site you sent and I cannot see them. Yet.
June 13th, 2014  
@espyetta P.S. Teacher-to-teacher: Your description of the 5 point star's location is perfect! I know exactly which cluster of leaves is your favorite!
June 13th, 2014  
@rhoing Teacher and photogs speak the same language I guess!
June 13th, 2014  
Wow, my eyes must be extremely tired because several times I began to see something emerge but then I lost it
June 14th, 2014  
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